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Khmer vs Korean


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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