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Khmer and Greek


Greek and Khmer


Countries

Countries
Cambodia   
Cyprus, European Union, Greece   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
3   
12

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

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

Alphabets
53   
32
24   
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20   
17
7   
4

How Many Consonants
33   
23
17   
7

Scripts
Khmer   
Arabic, Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
ND   
γεια σας (geia sas)   

Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)   
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)   

How Are You?
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ   
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)   

Bye
ND   
αντίο (antío)   

I Love You
ND   
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)   

Excuse Me
ND   
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Khmer   
Cappadocian Greek   

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

How Many People Speak
1,400,000.00   
26
2,800.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Khmer Krom   
Griko   

Where They Speak
Vietnam   
Italy   

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00   
24
50,000.00   
38

Dialect 3
Western Khmer   
Mariupol   

Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand   
Ukraine   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
25   
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
16.00 million   
99+
13.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.24 %   
99+
0.18 %   
99+

Native Speakers
13.00 million   
99+
13.00 million   
99+

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   

History

Origin
14   
1500 BC   

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Hellenic   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

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   
74   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Greek Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
km   
el   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
khm   
ell   

ISO 639 2/B
khm   
gre   

ISO 639 3
khm   
ell   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
ells   

Glottocode
khme1253   
gree1276   

Linguasphere
Not Available   
56-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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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.

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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.

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