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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Khmer-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Latin
  
Khmer
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
Bye
αντίο (antío)
  
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
  
How Many People Speak
1,400,000.00
  
26
Dialect 2
Griko
  
Khmer Krom
  
Where They Speak
Italy
  
Vietnam
  
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00
  
24
Dialect 3
Mariupol
  
Western Khmer
  
Where They Speak
Ukraine
  
Cambodia, Thailand
  
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million
  
99+
16.00 million
  
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.