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
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Scripts
Khmer
Armenian manuscript
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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’)
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
Not Available
Dialect 2
Khmer Krom
Western Armenian
Where They Speak
Vietnam
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Western Khmer
Not Applicable
Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand
Not Applicable
Speaking Population
Not Available
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
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 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
khme1253
arme1241
Linguasphere
Not Available
57-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Not Available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Khmer and Armenian 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 Khmer and Armenian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Khmer and Armenian language. Khmer word for "Hello" is ND or Armenian word for "Thank You" is Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun). Find more of such common Khmer Greetings and Armenian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Khmer vs Armenian Difficulty
The Khmer vs Armenian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Khmer Alphabets and Armenian 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 Khmer and Armenian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Khmer and Armenian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Khmer is 44 weeks while to learn Armenian time required is 44 weeks.