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Finnish vs Khmer


Khmer vs Finnish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland  
Cambodia  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden  
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam  

Second Language
Estonia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden  
Australia, France, United States of America  

Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
  • In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
  
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  

Similar To
Estonian and Livonian Languages  
Lao Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Pali and Sanskrit Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
20  
17

How Many Consonants
13  
3
33  
23

Scripts
Latin  
Khmer  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Moi  
ND  

Thank You
Kiitos  
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)  

How Are You?
Mitä kuuluu?  
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ  

Good Night
hyvää yötä  
ND  

Good Evening
Hyvää iltaa  
ND  

Good Afternoon
Hyvää iltapäivää  
ND  

Good Morning
Hyvää huomenta  
ND  

Please
haluta  
ND  

Sorry
Anteeksi  
ND  

Bye
Heippa  
ND  

I Love You
Minä rakastan sinua  
ND  

Excuse Me
Anteeksi  
ND  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Colloquial Finnish  
Northern Khmer  

Where They Speak
Finland  
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
1,400,000.00  
26

Dialect 2
Rauma  
Khmer Krom  

Where They Speak
Finland, Rauma  
Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
1,200,000.00  
24

Dialect 3
Meänkieli  
Western Khmer  

Where They Speak
Finland, Sweden  
Cambodia, Thailand  

How Many People Speak
60,000.00  
31
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.40 million  
99+
16.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.24 %  
99+

Native Speakers
5.40 million  
99+
13.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.01 million  
39
Not Available  

Native Name
suomi / suomen kieli  
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)  

Alternative Names
Suomi  
Cambodian, Khmer  

French Name
finnois  
khmer central  

German Name
Finnisch  
Kambodschanisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈsuomi]  
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]  

Ethnicity
ethnic Finns  
Khmer, Northern Khmer  

History

Origin
1543  
14  

Language Family
Uralic Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric  
Not Available  

Branch
Finnic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Finnic language  
Proto-Khmer  

Standard Forms
standard Finnish  
Modern Khmer  

Signed Forms
Signed Finnish  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
fi  
km  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fin  
khm  

ISO 639 2/B
fin  
khm  

ISO 639 3
fin  
khm  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
finn1318  
khme1253  

Linguasphere
No data available  
Not Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Analytic, Isolating  

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Finnish and Khmer Language History

Comparison of Finnish vs Khmer language history gives us differences between origin of Finnish and Khmer language. History of Finnish language states that this language originated in 1543 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 Finnish and Khmer Language History.

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Finnish 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 Finnish and Khmer greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Finnish and Khmer language. Finnish word for "Hello" is Moi or Khmer word for "Thank You" is សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak). Find more of such common Finnish Greetings and Khmer Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Finnish vs Khmer Difficulty

The Finnish vs Khmer difficulty level basically depends on the number of Finnish 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 Finnish and Khmer are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Finnish and Khmer, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Finnish is 44 weeks while to learn Khmer time required is 44 weeks.

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