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Khmer vs Serbian


Serbian vs Khmer


Countries

Countries
Cambodia  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam  
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Australia, France, United States of America  
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language  

Interesting Facts
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  
  • Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
  • Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  

Similar To
Lao Language  
Bosnian and Croatian Languages  

Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
5  
2

How Many Consonants
33  
23
25  
15

Scripts
Khmer  
Cyrillic, Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
ND  
Здраво (Zdravo)  

Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)  
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)  

How Are You?
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ  
Како си? (Kako si?)  

Good Night
ND  
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)  

Good Evening
ND  
Добро вече (Dobro veče)  

Good Afternoon
ND  
Добар дан (Dobar dan)  

Good Morning
ND  
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)  

Please
ND  
Молим (Molim)  

Sorry
ND  
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)  

Bye
ND  
Довиђења (Doviđenja)  

I Love You
ND  
Волим те (Volim te)  

Excuse Me
ND  
Извините (Izvinite)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Khmer  
Prizren-Timok  

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

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

Dialect 2
Khmer Krom  
Smederevo–Vršac  

Where They Speak
Vietnam  
Serbia  

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00  
24
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Western Khmer  
Torlakian  

Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand  
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
1,500,000.00  
17

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.24 %  
99+
Not Available  

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
8.70 million  
99+

Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)  
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)  

Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer  
Montenegrin  

French Name
khmer central  
serbe  

German Name
Kambodschanisch  
Serbisch  

Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]  
[sr̩̂pskiː]  

Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer  
Serbs  

History

Origin
14  
11th Century  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Khmer  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Khmer  
Standard Serbian  

Language Position
Not Available  
44  
33

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
km  
sr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
khm  
srp  

ISO 639 2/B
khm  
srp  

ISO 639 3
khm  
srp  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
khme1253  
serb1264  

Linguasphere
Not Available  
53-AAA-g  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Not Available  

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Khmer and Serbian Language History

Comparison of Khmer vs Serbian language history gives us differences between origin of Khmer and Serbian language. History of Khmer language states that this language originated in 14 whereas history of Serbian language states that this language originated in 11th 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 Serbian Language History.

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Khmer and Serbian 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 Serbian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Khmer and Serbian language. Khmer word for "Hello" is ND or Serbian word for "Thank You" is Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo). Find more of such common Khmer Greetings and Serbian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Khmer vs Serbian Difficulty

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

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