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Khmer and Romanian


Romanian and Khmer


Countries

Countries
Cambodia  
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
6  
9

National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam  
Moldova, Romania  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Kazakhstan, Russia  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Australia, France, United States of America  
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li  

Interesting Facts
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  
  • Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
  • The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  

Similar To
Lao Language  
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.  

Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
31  
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
7  
4

How Many Consonants
33  
23
20  
10

Scripts
Khmer  
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
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
ND  
alo  

Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)  
multumesc  

How Are You?
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ  
ce mai faci?  

Good Night
ND  
noapte Buna  

Good Evening
ND  
buna Seara  

Good Afternoon
ND  
buna Ziua  

Good Morning
ND  
bună Dimineața  

Please
ND  
Vă Rog  

Sorry
ND  
scuze  

Bye
ND  
La revedere  

I Love You
ND  
Te iubesc  

Excuse Me
ND  
Scuza-Ma  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Khmer  
Aromanian  

Where They Speak
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America  
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
1,400,000.00  
26
250,000.00  
38

Dialect 2
Khmer Krom  
Megleno-Romanian  

Where They Speak
Vietnam  
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00  
24
5,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Western Khmer  
Istro-Romanian  

Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
1,400.00  
37

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
10  
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
16.00 million  
99+
28.00 million  
38

Speaking Population
0.24 %  
99+
0.37 %  
35

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
24.00 million  
33

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
4.00 million  
30

Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)  
Română  

Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer  
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian  

French Name
khmer central  
roumain; moldave  

German Name
Kambodschanisch  
Rumänisch  

Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]  
[roˈmɨnə]  

Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer  
Romanians  

History

Origin
14  
1521  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Khmer  
Proto-Romanian  

Standard Forms
Modern Khmer  
Romanian  

Language Position
Not Available  
36  
28

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Romanian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
km  
ro  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
khm  
ron  

ISO 639 2/B
khm  
rum  

ISO 639 3
khm  
ron  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
khme1253  
roma1327  

Linguasphere
Not Available  
51-AAD-c  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Synthetic  

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All Khmer and Romanian 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 Romanian dialects. Various dialects of Khmer and Romanian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Khmer are spoken in different Khmer Speaking Countries whereas Romanian Dialects are spoken in different Romanian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Khmer vs Romanian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Khmer dialects include: Northern Khmer, Khmer Krom. Romanian dialects include: Aromanian , Megleno-Romanian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Khmer and Romanian Speaking population

Khmer and Romanian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khmer and Romanian languages can be compared. The total count of Khmer and Romanian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khmer language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Romanian language is 0.37 %. 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 Romanian on Khmer vs Romanian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Khmer and Romanian Language Codes

Khmer and Romanian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Khmer and Romanian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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