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Khmer vs Khmer


Khmer vs Khmer


Countries

Countries
Cambodia   
Cambodia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam   
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Australia, France, United States of America   
Australia, France, United States of America   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  

Similar To
Lao Language   
Lao Language   

Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages   
Pali and Sanskrit Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53   
32
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20   
17
20   
17

How Many Consonants
33   
23
33   
23

Scripts
Khmer   
Khmer   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
ND   
ND   

Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)   
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)   

How Are You?
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ   
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ   

Good Night
ND   
ND   

Good Evening
ND   
ND   

Good Afternoon
ND   
ND   

Good Morning
ND   
ND   

Please
ND   
ND   

Sorry
ND   
ND   

Bye
ND   
ND   

I Love You
ND   
ND   

Excuse Me
ND   
ND   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Khmer   
Northern Khmer   

Where They Speak
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America   
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America   

How Many People Speak
1,400,000.00   
26
1,400,000.00   
26

Dialect 2
Khmer Krom   
Khmer Krom   

Where They Speak
Vietnam   
Vietnam   

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00   
24
1,200,000.00   
24

Dialect 3
Western Khmer   
Western Khmer   

Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand   
Cambodia, Thailand   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
6   
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.24 %   
99+
0.24 %   
99+

Native Speakers
13.00 million   
99+
13.00 million   
99+

Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)   
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)   

Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer   
Cambodian, Khmer   

French Name
khmer central   
khmer central   

German Name
Kambodschanisch   
Kambodschanisch   

Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]   
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]   

Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer   
Khmer, Northern Khmer   

History

Origin
14   
14   

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family   
Austroasiatic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Khmer   
Proto-Khmer   

Standard Forms
Modern Khmer   
Modern Khmer   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
km   
km   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
khm   
khm   

ISO 639 2/B
khm   
khm   

ISO 639 3
khm   
khm   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
khme1253   
khme1253   

Linguasphere
Not Available   
Not Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Analytic, Isolating   

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Khmer and Khmer Language History

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

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

Khmer vs Khmer Difficulty

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

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