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Khmer vs French


Countries

Countries
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu  
Cambodia  

Total No. Of Countries
32  
3
1  
14

National Language
France  
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam  

Second Language
Africa, Canada  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America  
Asia  

Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam  
Australia, France, United States of America  

Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  

Similar To
Italian Language  
Lao Language  

Derived From
Latin  
Pali and Sanskrit Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
20  
17

How Many Consonants
20  
10
33  
23

Scripts
Latin  
Khmer  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
bonjour  
ND  

Thank You
Merci  
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)  

How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?  
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ  

Good Night
bonne Nuit  
ND  

Good Evening
bonsoir  
ND  

Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi  
ND  

Good Morning
Bonjour  
ND  

Please
S'il vous plaît  
ND  

Sorry
désolé  
ND  

Bye
au revoir  
ND  

I Love You
Je t'aime  
ND  

Excuse Me
Excuse Moi  
ND  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Quebec French  
Northern Khmer  

Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada  
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00  
15
1,400,000.00  
26

Dialect 2
African French  
Khmer Krom  

Where They Speak
Africa  
Vietnam  

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

Dialect 3
Swiss French  
Western Khmer  

Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland  
Cambodia, Thailand  

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00  
16
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million  
11
16.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.12 %  
17
0.24 %  
99+

Native Speakers
76.00 million  
13
13.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
87.00 million  
11
Not Available  

Native Name
français  
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)  

Alternative Names
Français  
Cambodian, Khmer  

French Name
français  
khmer central  

German Name
Französisch  
Kambodschanisch  

Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]  
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Khmer, Northern Khmer  

History

Origin
9th Century  
14  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French  
Proto-Khmer  

Standard Forms
Standard French  
Modern Khmer  

Language Position
13  
12
Not Available  

Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
fr  
km  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fra  
khm  

ISO 639 2/B
fre  
khm  

ISO 639 3
fra  
khm  

ISO 639 6
fras  
Not Available  

Glottocode
stan1290  
khme1253  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-i  
Not Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Analytic, Isolating  

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French and Khmer Language History

Comparison of French vs Khmer language history gives us differences between origin of French and Khmer language. History of French language states that this language originated in 9th Century 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 French and Khmer Language History.

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

French vs Khmer Difficulty

The French vs Khmer difficulty level basically depends on the number of French 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 French and Khmer are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in French and Khmer, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn French is 24 weeks while to learn Khmer time required is 44 weeks.

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