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Khmer vs Japanese


Countries

Countries
Japan  
Cambodia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Japan  
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific  
Asia  

Minority Language
Palau  
Australia, France, United States of America  

Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  

Similar To
Korean Language  
Lao Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Pali and Sanskrit Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
99  
40
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
20  
17

How Many Consonants
14  
4
33  
23

Scripts
Kana  
Khmer  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)  
ND  

Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)  
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)  

How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)  
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ  

Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)  
ND  

Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)  
ND  

Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)  
ND  

Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)  
ND  

Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)  
ND  

Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)  
ND  

Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)  
ND  

I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)  
ND  

Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)  
ND  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sanuki  
Northern Khmer  

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

How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00  
28
1,400,000.00  
26

Dialect 2
Hakata  
Khmer Krom  

Where They Speak
Fukuoka  
Vietnam  

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

Dialect 3
Kansai  
Western Khmer  

Where They Speak
kansai  
Cambodia, Thailand  

Total No. Of Dialects
31  
25
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
128.00 million  
14
16.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.90 %  
10
0.24 %  
99+

Native Speakers
128.00 million  
9
13.00 million  
99+

Native Name
日本語  
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Cambodian, Khmer  

French Name
japonais  
khmer central  

German Name
Japanisch  
Kambodschanisch  

Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]  
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]  

Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)  
Khmer, Northern Khmer  

History

Origin
1185  
14  

Language Family
Japonic Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese  
Proto-Khmer  

Standard Forms
Japanese  
Modern Khmer  

Language Position
8  
8
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Signed Japanese  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ja  
km  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jpn  
khm  

ISO 639 2/B
jpn  
khm  

ISO 639 3
jpn  
khm  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nucl1643  
khme1253  

Linguasphere
45-CAA-a  
Not Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Analytic, Isolating  

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Japanese and Khmer Language History

Comparison of Japanese vs Khmer language history gives us differences between origin of Japanese and Khmer language. History of Japanese language states that this language originated in 1185 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 Japanese and Khmer Language History.

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

Japanese vs Khmer Difficulty

The Japanese vs Khmer difficulty level basically depends on the number of Japanese 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 Japanese and Khmer are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Japanese and Khmer, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Japanese is 88 weeks while to learn Khmer time required is 44 weeks.

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