Countries
Cambodia
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
Portugal
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
United States of America
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Minority Language
Australia, France, United States of America
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Regulated By
Not Available
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
Interesting Facts
- Khmer is not the tonal language.
- Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
- Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
- The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
Similar To
Lao Language
Spanish and Galician Languages
Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages
Latin
Alphabets in
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Portuguese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
obrigado
How Are You?
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
Como você está?
Good Evening
ND
boa Noite
Good Afternoon
ND
boa Tarde
Dialect 1
Northern Khmer
Brazilian Portuguese
Where They Speak
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
Brazil
Dialect 2
Khmer Krom
European Portuguese
Where They Speak
Vietnam
Portugal
Dialect 3
Western Khmer
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand
Daman and Diu
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
Português
Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer
Português
French Name
khmer central
portugais
German Name
Kambodschanisch
Portugiesisch
Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer
Portuguese people or portugueses
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Romance
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Proto-Khmer
Medieval Galician
Standard Forms
Modern Khmer
Portuguese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Portuguese
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
khme1253
port1283
Linguasphere
Not Available
51-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Not Available
Khmer and Portuguese 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 Portuguese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Khmer and Portuguese language. Khmer word for "Hello" is ND or Portuguese word for "Thank You" is obrigado. Find more of such common Khmer Greetings and Portuguese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Khmer vs Portuguese Difficulty
The Khmer vs Portuguese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Khmer Alphabets and Portuguese 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 Portuguese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Khmer and Portuguese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Khmer is 44 weeks while to learn Portuguese time required is 24 weeks.