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Khmer vs Chinese


Countries

Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan  
Cambodia  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
1  
14

National Language
China, Taiwan  
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam  

Second Language
Republic of Brazil  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia  
Australia, France, United States of America  

Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  

Similar To
Not Available  
Lao Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Pali and Sanskrit Languages  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Chinese.jpg#200  
Khmer-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
26  
8
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
24  
19
20  
17

How Many Consonants
23  
13
33  
23

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives  
Khmer  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)  
ND  

Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)  
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)  

How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)  
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ  

Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)  
ND  

Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)  
ND  

Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)  
ND  

Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)  
ND  

Please
请 (Qǐng)  
ND  

Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)  
ND  

Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)  
ND  

I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)  
ND  

Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)  
ND  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mandarin  
Northern Khmer  

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00  
1
1,400,000.00  
26

Dialect 2
Wu  
Khmer Krom  

Where They Speak
China, United States of America  
Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00  
1
1,200,000.00  
24

Dialect 3
Yue  
Western Khmer  

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  
Cambodia, Thailand  

How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00  
2
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million  
2
16.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
16.00 %  
2
0.24 %  
99+

Native Speakers
873.00 million  
1
13.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
178.00 million  
3
Not Available  

Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)  
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Cambodian, Khmer  

French Name
chinois  
khmer central  

German Name
Chinesisch  
Kambodschanisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]  

Ethnicity
Han  
Khmer, Northern Khmer  

History

Origin
1250 BC  
14  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Khmer  

Standard Forms
Standard Chinese  
Modern Khmer  

Language Position
1  
1
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
zh  
km  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zho  
khm  

ISO 639 2/B
chi  
khm  

ISO 639 3
zho  
khm  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
sini1245  
khme1253  

Linguasphere
79-AAA  
Not Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Analytic, Isolating  

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Chinese and Khmer Language History

Comparison of Chinese vs Khmer language history gives us differences between origin of Chinese and Khmer language. History of Chinese language states that this language originated in 1250 BC whereas history of Khmer language states that this language originated in 14. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Chinese and Khmer Language History.

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Chinese and Khmer Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Chinese and Khmer greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Chinese and Khmer language. Chinese word for "Hello" is 您好 (Nín hǎo) or Khmer word for "Thank You" is សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak). Find more of such common Chinese Greetings and Khmer Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Chinese vs Khmer Difficulty

The Chinese vs Khmer difficulty level basically depends on the number of Chinese Alphabets and Khmer Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Chinese and Khmer are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Chinese and Khmer, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Chinese is 88 weeks while to learn Khmer time required is 44 weeks.

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