Countries
Cambodia
  
Israel
  
National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
  
Israel
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Israel
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa, Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Australia, France, United States of America
  
Poland
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Academy of the Hebrew Language
  
Interesting Facts
- Khmer is not the tonal language.
- Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  
- The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
- The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
  
Similar To
Lao Language
  
Arabic and Aramaic languages
  
Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages
  
Aramaic Language
  
Alphabets in
Khmer-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Hebrew-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Vowels
0
  
Scripts
Khmer
  
Hebrew
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ND
  
שלום (Shalom)
  
Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
  
תודה (Toda)
  
How Are You?
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
  
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
  
Good Night
ND
  
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
  
Good Evening
ND
  
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
  
Good Afternoon
ND
  
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
  
Good Morning
ND
  
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
  
Please
ND
  
בבקשה (bevekshah)
  
Sorry
ND
  
סליחה! (Slicha)
  
Bye
ND
  
להתראות (Lehitraot)
  
I Love You
ND
  
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
  
Excuse Me
ND
  
בבקשה!
  
Dialect 1
Northern Khmer
  
Ashkenazi Hebrew
  
Where They Speak
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
  
Israel
  
How Many People Speak
1,400,000.00
  
26
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Khmer Krom
  
Samaritan Hebrew
  
Where They Speak
Vietnam
  
Israel, Palestine
  
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00
  
24
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Western Khmer
  
Yemenite Hebrew
  
Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand
  
Israel
  
How Many People Speak?
16.00 million
  
99+
9.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
13.00 million
  
99+
4.40 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
5.60 million
  
27
Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
  
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
  
Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer
  
Israeli, Ivrit
  
French Name
khmer central
  
hébreu
  
German Name
Kambodschanisch
  
Hebräisch
  
Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
  
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
  
Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer
  
Not Available
  
Origin
14
  
1000 BC
  
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Canaanitic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Khmer
  
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
  
Standard Forms
Modern Khmer
  
Modern Hebrew
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Hebrew
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
km
  
he
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
khm
  
heb
  
ISO 639 2/B
khm
  
heb
  
ISO 639 3
khm
  
heb
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
khme1253
  
hebr1246
  
Linguasphere
Not Available
  
12-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Khmer and Hebrew 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 Hebrew greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Khmer and Hebrew language. Khmer word for "Hello" is ND or Hebrew word for "Thank You" is תודה (Toda). Find more of such common Khmer Greetings and Hebrew Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Khmer vs Hebrew Difficulty
The Khmer vs Hebrew difficulty level basically depends on the number of Khmer Alphabets and Hebrew 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 Hebrew are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Khmer and Hebrew, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Khmer is 44 weeks while to learn Hebrew time required is 44 weeks.