Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
Cambodia
  
National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
  
Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
  
Australia, France, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
- Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  
- Khmer is not the tonal language.
- Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  
Similar To
French and Portuguese Languages
  
Lao Language
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Pali and Sanskrit Languages
  
Alphabets in
Italian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Khmer-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Khmer
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ciao
  
ND
  
Thank You
grazie
  
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
  
How Are You?
Come stai?
  
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
  
Good Night
buonanotte
  
ND
  
Good Evening
buonasera
  
ND
  
Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio
  
ND
  
Good Morning
buongiorno
  
ND
  
Please
Per Favore
  
ND
  
Sorry
scusate
  
ND
  
Bye
arrivederci
  
ND
  
I Love You
Ti amo
  
ND
  
Excuse Me
Scusami
  
ND
  
Dialect 1
Romanesco
  
Northern Khmer
  
Where They Speak
Lazio
  
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00
  
21
1,400,000.00
  
26
Dialect 2
Central Italian
  
Khmer Krom
  
Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
  
Vietnam
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
14
1,200,000.00
  
24
Dialect 3
Tuscan
  
Western Khmer
  
Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
  
Cambodia, Thailand
  
How Many People Speak?
78.00 million
  
21
16.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
64.00 million
  
18
13.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
14.00 million
  
20
Not Available
  
Native Name
Italiano
  
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
  
Alternative Names
Italiano
  
Cambodian, Khmer
  
French Name
italien
  
khmer central
  
German Name
Italienisch
  
Kambodschanisch
  
Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]
  
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
  
Ethnicity
Italians
  
Khmer, Northern Khmer
  
Origin
960 BC
  
14
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austroasiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Proto-Khmer
  
Standard Forms
Italian
  
Modern Khmer
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
it
  
km
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ita
  
khm
  
ISO 639 2/B
ita
  
khm
  
ISO 639 3
ita
  
khm
  
ISO 639 6
itas
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
ital1282
  
khme1253
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-q
  
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
  
Italian 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 Italian and Khmer greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Italian and Khmer language. Italian word for "Hello" is ciao or Khmer word for "Thank You" is សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak). Find more of such common Italian Greetings and Khmer Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Italian vs Khmer Difficulty
The Italian vs Khmer difficulty level basically depends on the number of Italian 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 Italian and Khmer are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Italian and Khmer, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Italian is 24 weeks while to learn Khmer time required is 44 weeks.