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Khmer vs Esperanto


Esperanto vs Khmer


Countries

Countries
Cambodia  
East Asia, European Union, South America  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam  
East Asia, European Union  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Central Europe, East Asia, Eastern Europe, South America  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Europe, South America  

Minority Language
Australia, France, United States of America  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Akademio de Esperanto  

Interesting Facts
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  
  • The most widely spoken constructed language in the world is Esperanto.
  • Esperanto is an artificial international language.
  

Similar To
Lao Language  
Not Available  

Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
5  
2

How Many Consonants
33  
23
27  
17

Scripts
Khmer  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
ND  
Halo  

Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)  
Dankon  

How Are You?
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ  
Kiel vi sanas?  

Good Night
ND  
Bonan nokton  

Good Evening
ND  
Bonan vesperon  

Good Afternoon
ND  
Bonan posttagmezon  

Good Morning
ND  
Bonan matenon  

Please
ND  
Mi petas  

Sorry
ND  
Mi bedaŭras!  

Bye
ND  
Ĝis poste  

I Love You
ND  
Mi amas vin  

Excuse Me
ND  
Pardonu!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Khmer  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America  
Not present  

How Many People Speak
1,400,000.00  
26
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Khmer Krom  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Vietnam  
Not present  

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00  
24
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Western Khmer  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand  
Not present  

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
0  

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.24 %  
99+
Not Available  

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
0.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
2.00 million  
34

Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)  
Esperanto  

Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer  
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia  

French Name
khmer central  
espéranto  

German Name
Kambodschanisch  
Esperanto  

Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]  
[espeˈranto]  

Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer  
Not Available  

History

Origin
14  
1887  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Khmer  
Proto-Esperanto  

Standard Forms
Modern Khmer  
Esperanto  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signuno  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
km  
eo  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
khm  
epo  

ISO 639 2/B
khm  
epo  

ISO 639 3
khm  
epo  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
khme1253  
espe1235  

Linguasphere
Not Available  
51-AAB-da  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Constructed  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Agglutinative  

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Khmer and Esperanto Language History

Comparison of Khmer vs Esperanto language history gives us differences between origin of Khmer and Esperanto language. History of Khmer language states that this language originated in 14 whereas history of Esperanto language states that this language originated in 1887. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Khmer and Esperanto Language History.

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Khmer and Esperanto 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 Esperanto greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Khmer and Esperanto language. Khmer word for "Hello" is ND or Esperanto word for "Thank You" is Dankon. Find more of such common Khmer Greetings and Esperanto Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Khmer vs Esperanto Difficulty

The Khmer vs Esperanto difficulty level basically depends on the number of Khmer Alphabets and Esperanto 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 Esperanto are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Khmer and Esperanto, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Khmer is 44 weeks while to learn Esperanto time required is 6 weeks.

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