Home
Languagevs


Khmer vs Mongolian


Mongolian vs Khmer


Countries

Countries
Cambodia   
China, Mongolia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam   
China, Mongolia   

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   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)   

Interesting Facts
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  
  • Mongolian was first written using Phagspa script in late 13th century.
  • There is no connection between Mongolian, Japanese and Korean, but still in terms of grammar and sentence structure they are very similar.
  

Similar To
Lao Language   
Turkish Language   

Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53   
32
35   
17

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20   
17
13   
10

How Many Consonants
33   
23
20   
10

Scripts
Khmer   
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
ND   
Сайн уу (Sain uu)   

Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)   
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)   

How Are You?
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ   
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)   

Good Night
ND   
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)   

Good Evening
ND   
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)   

Good Afternoon
ND   
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)   

Good Morning
ND   
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)   

Please
ND   
Хэрэв (Kherev)   

Sorry
ND   
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)   

Bye
ND   
Баяртай (Bayartai)   

I Love You
ND   
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)   

Excuse Me
ND   
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Khmer   
Khalkha Mongolian   

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

How Many People Speak
1,400,000.00   
26
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Khmer Krom   
Ordos Mongolian   

Where They Speak
Vietnam   
Mongolia   

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00   
24
123,000.00   
34

Dialect 3
Western Khmer   
Khorchin Mongolian   

Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand   
Mongolia   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
8   
8

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.24 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
13.00 million   
99+
5.70 million   
99+

Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)   
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)   

Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer   
Not Available   

French Name
khmer central   
mongol   

German Name
Kambodschanisch   
Mongolisch   

Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]   
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/   

Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer   
Not Available   

History

Origin
14   
1224-1225   

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family   
Mongolic family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Mongolian   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Khmer   
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian   

Standard Forms
Modern Khmer   
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Mongolian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
km   
mn   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
khm   
mon   

ISO 639 2/B
khm   
mon   

ISO 639 3
khm   
mon   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
khme1253   
mong1331   

Linguasphere
Not Available   
part of 44-BAA-b   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Not Available   

Countries >>
<< All

Khmer and Mongolian Language History

Comparison of Khmer vs Mongolian language history gives us differences between origin of Khmer and Mongolian language. History of Khmer language states that this language originated in 14 whereas history of Mongolian language states that this language originated in 1224-1225. 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 Mongolian Language History.

Compare Most Difficult Languages

Khmer and Mongolian 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 Mongolian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Khmer and Mongolian language. Khmer word for "Hello" is ND or Mongolian word for "Thank You" is та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa). Find more of such common Khmer Greetings and Mongolian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Khmer vs Mongolian Difficulty

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

Most Difficult Languages

Most Difficult Languages

» More Most Difficult Languages

Compare Most Difficult Languages

» More Compare Most Difficult Languages