Countries
Cambodia
  
Armenian Highland
  
National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
  
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Australia, France, United States of America
  
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
  
Interesting Facts
- Khmer is not the tonal language.
- Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  
Similar To
Lao Language
  
Greek
  
Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Khmer-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Khmer
  
Armenian manuscript
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ND
  
Բարեւ (Barev)
  
Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
  
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
  
How Are You?
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
  
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
  
Good Night
ND
  
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
  
Good Evening
ND
  
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
  
Good Afternoon
ND
  
Բարի օր (Bari or)
  
Good Morning
ND
  
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
  
Please
ND
  
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
  
Sorry
ND
  
կներեք (knerek’)
  
Bye
ND
  
Ց'տեսություն
  
I Love You
ND
  
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
  
Excuse Me
ND
  
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
  
Dialect 1
Northern Khmer
  
Eastern Armenian
  
Where They Speak
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
  
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
1,400,000.00
  
26
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Khmer Krom
  
Western Armenian
  
Where They Speak
Vietnam
  
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00
  
24
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Western Khmer
  
Not Applicable
  
Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand
  
Not Applicable
  
How Many People Speak?
16.00 million
  
99+
6.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
13.00 million
  
99+
6.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
  
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
  
Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer
  
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
  
French Name
khmer central
  
arménien
  
German Name
Kambodschanisch
  
Armenisch
  
Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
  
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
  
Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer
  
Armenians
  
Origin
14
  
late 5th century
  
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Khmer
  
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
  
Standard Forms
Modern Khmer
  
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
km
  
hy
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
khm
  
hye
  
ISO 639 2/B
khm
  
arm
  
ISO 639 3
khm
  
hye
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
khme1253
  
arme1241
  
Linguasphere
Not Available
  
57-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Agglutinative, Synthetic