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Korean vs Khmer


Countries

Countries
Cambodia  
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
5  
10

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

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

Alphabets
53  
32
40  
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
21  
18

How Many Consonants
33  
23
19  
9

Scripts
Khmer  
Hangul  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
ND  
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)  

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

How Are You?
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ  
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)  

Bye
ND  
안녕 (annyeong)  

I Love You
ND  
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)  

Excuse Me
ND  
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Khmer  
Jeju  

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

How Many People Speak
1,400,000.00  
26
10,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Khmer Krom  
Gyeongsang  

Where They Speak
Vietnam  
South Korea  

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00  
24
10,000,000.00  
9

Dialect 3
Western Khmer  
Hamgyŏng  

Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand  
China, North Korea  

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
16.00 million  
99+
77.00 million  
22

Speaking Population
0.24 %  
99+
1.14 %  
16

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
77.00 million  
12

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  

History

Origin
14  
Before 1st century  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Koreanic Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

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  
12  
11

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Korean Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
km  
ko  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
khm  
kor  

ISO 639 2/B
khm  
kor  

ISO 639 3
khm  
Kor  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
khme1253  
kore1280  

Linguasphere
Not Available  
45-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Agglutinative  

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Khmer and Korean Language History

Comparison of Khmer vs Korean language history gives us differences between origin of Khmer and Korean language. History of Khmer language states that this language originated in 14 whereas history of Korean language states that this language originated in Before 1st 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 Korean Language History.

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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.

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