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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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Khmer
  
Hangul
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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)
  
Bye
ND
  
안녕 (annyeong)
  
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
  
How Many People Speak
1,400,000.00
  
26
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
  
How Many People Speak?
16.00 million
  
99+
77.00 million
  
22
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Korean Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.