Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Cambodia
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 in
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Khmer
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
ND
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
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
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
ND
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
ND
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Northern Khmer
Where They Speak
Greece
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
Dialect 2
Griko
Khmer Krom
Where They Speak
Italy
Vietnam
Dialect 3
Mariupol
Western Khmer
Where They Speak
Ukraine
Cambodia, Thailand
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
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Hellenic
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Proto-Khmer
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
Modern Khmer
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
ells
Not Available
Glottocode
gree1276
khme1253
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
Not Available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Analytic, Isolating
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.