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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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