Countries
Cambodia
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
North Korea, South Korea
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
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Regulated By
Not Available
The National Institute of the Korean Language
Interesting Facts
- Khmer is not the tonal language.
- Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
- Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
- Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
Similar To
Lao Language
Chinese and Japanese languages
Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
ND
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
How Are You?
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Good Night
ND
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Good Evening
ND
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Good Afternoon
ND
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Good Morning
ND
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Please
ND
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Sorry
ND
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
I Love You
ND
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Excuse Me
ND
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Dialect 1
Northern Khmer
Jeju
Where They Speak
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
South Korea
Dialect 2
Khmer Krom
Gyeongsang
Where They Speak
Vietnam
South Korea
Dialect 3
Western Khmer
Hamgyŏng
Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand
China, North Korea
Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
한국어 (조선말)
Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
French Name
khmer central
coréen
German Name
Kambodschanisch
Koreanisch
Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer
Koreans
Origin
14
Before 1st century
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Koreanic Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Proto-Khmer
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Standard Forms
Modern Khmer
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Korean Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
khme1253
kore1280
Linguasphere
Not Available
45-AAA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Agglutinative
Khmer and Korean 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 Korean greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Khmer and Korean language. Khmer word for "Hello" is ND or Korean word for "Thank You" is 감사합니다 (gamsahabnida). Find more of such common Khmer Greetings and Korean Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Khmer vs Korean Difficulty
The Khmer vs Korean difficulty level basically depends on the number of Khmer Alphabets and Korean 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 Korean are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Khmer and Korean, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Khmer is 44 weeks while to learn Korean time required is 88 weeks.