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Khmer vs French


French vs Khmer


Countries

Countries
Cambodia   
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
32   
3

National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam   
France   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Africa, Canada   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America   

Minority Language
Australia, France, United States of America   
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française   

Interesting Facts
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  

Similar To
Lao Language   
Italian Language   

Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53   
32
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20   
17
6   
3

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   
bonjour   

Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)   
Merci   

How Are You?
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ   
Comment allez-vous?   

Good Night
ND   
bonne Nuit   

Good Evening
ND   
bonsoir   

Good Afternoon
ND   
bon Après-Midi   

Good Morning
ND   
Bonjour   

Please
ND   
S'il vous plaît   

Sorry
ND   
désolé   

Bye
ND   
au revoir   

I Love You
ND   
Je t'aime   

Excuse Me
ND   
Excuse Moi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Khmer   
Quebec French   

Where They Speak
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America   
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada   

How Many People Speak
1,400,000.00   
26
6,200,000.00   
15

Dialect 2
Khmer Krom   
African French   

Where They Speak
Vietnam   
Africa   

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

Dialect 3
Western Khmer   
Swiss French   

Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand   
Northeast France, Switzerland   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,800,000.00   
16

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
25   
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
16.00 million   
99+
163.00 million   
11

Speaking Population
0.24 %   
99+
1.12 %   
17

Native Speakers
13.00 million   
99+
76.00 million   
13

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
87.00 million   
11

Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)   
français   

Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer   
Français   

French Name
khmer central   
français   

German Name
Kambodschanisch   
Französisch   

Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]   
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]   

Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer   
Not Available   

History

Origin
14   
9th Century   

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Romance   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Khmer   
Old French, Middle French and French   

Standard Forms
Modern Khmer   
Standard French   

Language Position
Not Available   
13   
12

Signed Forms
Not Available   
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
km   
fr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
khm   
fra   

ISO 639 2/B
khm   
fre   

ISO 639 3
khm   
fra   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
fras   

Glottocode
khme1253   
stan1290   

Linguasphere
Not Available   
51-AAA-i   

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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Khmer and French Language History

Comparison of Khmer vs French language history gives us differences between origin of Khmer and French language. History of Khmer language states that this language originated in 14 whereas history of French language states that this language originated in 9th Century. 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 French Language History.

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

Khmer vs French Difficulty

The Khmer vs French difficulty level basically depends on the number of Khmer Alphabets and French 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 French are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Khmer and French, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Khmer is 44 weeks while to learn French time required is 24 weeks.

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