Countries
Cambodia
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Roman Empire
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Australia, France, United States of America
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Regulated By
Not Available
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Interesting Facts
- Khmer is not the tonal language.
- Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
Similar To
Lao Language
Armenian
Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages
Latin
Alphabets in
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Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Khmer
Arabic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
ND
γεια σας (geia sas)
Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
How Are You?
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Good Night
ND
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Good Evening
ND
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Good Afternoon
ND
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Good Morning
ND
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Please
ND
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Sorry
ND
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
I Love You
ND
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Excuse Me
ND
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Dialect 1
Northern Khmer
Cappadocian Greek
Where They Speak
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
Greece
Dialect 2
Khmer Krom
Griko
Where They Speak
Vietnam
Italy
Dialect 3
Western Khmer
Mariupol
Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand
Ukraine
Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
ελληνικά
Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
French Name
khmer central
grec moderne (après 1453)
German Name
Kambodschanisch
Neugriechisch
Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
[eliniˈka]
Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer
Greeks or Hellenes
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Hellenic
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Proto-Khmer
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Standard Forms
Modern Khmer
Modern Greek
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Greek Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
ells
Glottocode
khme1253
gree1276
Linguasphere
Not Available
56-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Fusional, Synthetic
All Khmer and Greek Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Khmer and Greek dialects. Various dialects of Khmer and Greek language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Khmer are spoken in different Khmer Speaking Countries whereas Greek Dialects are spoken in different Greek speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Khmer vs Greek Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Khmer dialects include: Northern Khmer, Khmer Krom. Greek dialects include: Cappadocian Greek , Griko. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Khmer and Greek Speaking population
Khmer and Greek speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khmer and Greek languages can be compared. The total count of Khmer and Greek Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khmer language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Khmer and Greek on Khmer vs Greek where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Khmer and Greek Language Codes
Khmer and Greek language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Khmer and Greek Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.
