Countries
Cambodia
  
Bulgaria, European Union
  
National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
  
Bulgaria
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa, Europe
  
Minority Language
Australia, France, United States of America
  
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Institute for the Bulgarian language
  
Interesting Facts
- Khmer is not the tonal language.
- Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  
- The only Slavic language which has lost all its grammatical cases is Bulgarian.
- The first Slavic language to be written was Bulgarian in 9th century.
  
Similar To
Lao Language
  
Macedonian language
  
Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Khmer-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Bulgarian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Khmer
  
Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ND
  
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
  
Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
  
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
  
How Are You?
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
  
Как си? (Kak si?)
  
Good Night
ND
  
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
  
Good Evening
ND
  
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
  
Good Afternoon
ND
  
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
  
Good Morning
ND
  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
  
Please
ND
  
Моля (Molja)
  
Sorry
ND
  
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
  
Bye
ND
  
Довиждане (Doviždane)
  
I Love You
ND
  
Обичам те (Običam te)
  
Excuse Me
ND
  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
  
Dialect 1
Northern Khmer
  
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
  
Where They Speak
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
  
Bulgaria
  
How Many People Speak
1,400,000.00
  
26
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Khmer Krom
  
Panagyurishte
  
Where They Speak
Vietnam
  
Bulgaria
  
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00
  
24
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Western Khmer
  
Pirdop
  
Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand
  
Bulgaria
  
How Many People Speak?
16.00 million
  
99+
7.80 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
13.00 million
  
99+
7.80 million
  
99+
Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
  
български (bãlgarski)
  
Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer
  
Balgarski
  
French Name
khmer central
  
bulgare
  
German Name
Kambodschanisch
  
Bulgarisch
  
Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer
  
Not Available
  
Origin
14
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Southern
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Khmer
  
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
  
Standard Forms
Modern Khmer
  
Standard Bulgarian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Bulgarian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
km
  
bg
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
khm
  
bul
  
ISO 639 2/B
khm
  
bul
  
ISO 639 3
khm
  
bul
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
buls
  
Glottocode
khme1253
  
bulg1262
  
Linguasphere
Not Available
  
53-AAA-hb
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Not Available
  
Khmer and Bulgarian 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 Bulgarian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Khmer and Bulgarian language. Khmer word for "Hello" is ND or Bulgarian word for "Thank You" is Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti). Find more of such common Khmer Greetings and Bulgarian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Khmer vs Bulgarian Difficulty
The Khmer vs Bulgarian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Khmer Alphabets and Bulgarian 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 Bulgarian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Khmer and Bulgarian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Khmer is 44 weeks while to learn Bulgarian time required is 44 weeks.