Countries
Cambodia
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara
National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
Spain
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Minority Language
Australia, France, United States of America
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
Regulated By
Not Available
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
Interesting Facts
- Khmer is not the tonal language.
- Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
- One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
- Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
Similar To
Lao Language
French Language
Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages
Latin
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
Gracias
How Are You?
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
Cómo estás?
Good Night
ND
Buenas Noches
Good Evening
ND
Bonne soirée
Good Afternoon
ND
Buenas Tardes
Good Morning
ND
Buenos Días
Dialect 1
Northern Khmer
Mexican Spanish
Where They Speak
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
Mexico
Dialect 2
Khmer Krom
Cuban Spanish
Where They Speak
Vietnam
Cuba
Dialect 3
Western Khmer
Puerto Rican Spanish
Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand
Puerto Rico
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
Español
Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer
Castellano, Castilian, Español
French Name
khmer central
espagnol; castillan
German Name
Kambodschanisch
Spanisch
Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer
Not Available
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Romance
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Proto-Khmer
Old Spanish and Spanish
Standard Forms
Modern Khmer
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Spanish
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
khme1253
stan1288
Linguasphere
Not Available
51-AAA-b
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Fusional, Synthetic
Khmer and Spanish 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 Spanish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Khmer and Spanish language. Khmer word for "Hello" is ND or Spanish word for "Thank You" is Gracias. Find more of such common Khmer Greetings and Spanish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Khmer vs Spanish Difficulty
The Khmer vs Spanish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Khmer Alphabets and Spanish 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 Spanish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Khmer and Spanish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Khmer is 44 weeks while to learn Spanish time required is 24 weeks.
