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Khmer vs Greek


Countries

Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece   
Cambodia   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
1   
14

National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine   
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam   

Second Language
Roman Empire   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine   
Australia, France, United States of America   

Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  

Similar To
Armenian   
Lao Language   

Derived From
Latin   
Pali and Sanskrit Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24   
6
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
20   
17

How Many Consonants
17   
7
33   
23

Scripts
Arabic, 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
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)   
ND   

Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)   
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)   

How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)   
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ   

Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)   
ND   

Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)   
ND   

Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)   
ND   

Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)   
ND   

Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)   
ND   

Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)   
ND   

Bye
αντίο (antío)   
ND   

I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)   
ND   

Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)   
ND   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek   
Northern Khmer   

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

How Many People Speak
2,800.00   
99+
1,400,000.00   
26

Dialect 2
Griko   
Khmer Krom   

Where They Speak
Italy   
Vietnam   

How Many People Speak
50,000.00   
38
1,200,000.00   
24

Dialect 3
Mariupol   
Western Khmer   

Where They Speak
Ukraine   
Cambodia, Thailand   

Total No. Of Dialects
25   
21
6   
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.18 %   
99+
0.24 %   
99+

Native Speakers
13.00 million   
99+
13.00 million   
99+

Native Name
ελληνικά   
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)   

Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic   
Cambodian, Khmer   

French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)   
khmer central   

German Name
Neugriechisch   
Kambodschanisch   

Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]   
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]   

Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes   
Khmer, Northern Khmer   

History

Origin
1500 BC   
14   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Austroasiatic Family   

Subgroup
Hellenic   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek   
Proto-Khmer   

Standard Forms
Modern Greek   
Modern Khmer   

Language Position
74   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
el   
km   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ell   
khm   

ISO 639 2/B
gre   
khm   

ISO 639 3
ell   
khm   

ISO 639 6
ells   
Not Available   

Glottocode
gree1276   
khme1253   

Linguasphere
56-AAA-a   
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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Greek and Khmer Language History

Comparison of Greek vs Khmer language history gives us differences between origin of Greek and Khmer language. History of Greek language states that this language originated in 1500 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 Greek and Khmer Language History.

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

Greek vs Khmer Difficulty

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

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