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Khmer vs Vietnamese


Vietnamese vs Khmer


Countries

Countries
Cambodia   
Vietnam   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam   
Vietnam   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Australia, France, United States of America   
Czech Republic   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  
  • The vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
  • The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.
  

Similar To
Lao Language   
Chinese Language   

Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages   
Chinese Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53   
32
37   
19

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20   
17
12   
9

How Many Consonants
33   
23
21   
11

Scripts
Khmer   
Latin   

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   
Xin chào   

Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)   
Cam on   

How Are You?
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ   
Bạn khỏe không?   

Good Night
ND   
Chúc ngủ ngon   

Good Evening
ND   
Chào buổi tối   

Good Afternoon
ND   
Chào buổi trưa   

Good Morning
ND   
Chào buổi sáng   

Please
ND   
xin vui lòng   

Sorry
ND   
Xin lỗi   

Bye
ND   
Tạm biệt   

I Love You
ND   
tôi yêu bạn   

Excuse Me
ND   
Xin loi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Khmer   
Northern Vietnamese   

Where They Speak
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America   
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac   

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

Dialect 2
Khmer Krom   
North-central Vietnamese   

Where They Speak
Vietnam   
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa   

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

Dialect 3
Western Khmer   
Mid-Central Vietnamese   

Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand   
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
5   
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
16.00 million   
99+
91.00 million   
16

Speaking Population
0.24 %   
99+
1.14 %   
16

Native Speakers
13.00 million   
99+
75.00 million   
14

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
16.00 million   
17

Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)   
tiếng việt (㗂越)   

Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer   
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet   

French Name
khmer central   
vietnamien   

German Name
Kambodschanisch   
Vietnamesisch   

Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]   
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern) [tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)   

Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer   
Vietnamese (Kinh) people   

History

Origin
14   
c. 1440   

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family   
Austroasiatic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Khmer   
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese   

Standard Forms
Modern Khmer   
Standard Vietnamese   

Language Position
Not Available   
14   
13

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Vietnamese sign languages   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
km   
vi   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
khm   
vie   

ISO 639 2/B
khm   
vie   

ISO 639 3
khm   
vie   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
khme1253   
viet1252   

Linguasphere
Not Available   
46-EBA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Analytic, Isolating   

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Khmer and Vietnamese Language History

Comparison of Khmer vs Vietnamese language history gives us differences between origin of Khmer and Vietnamese language. History of Khmer language states that this language originated in 14 whereas history of Vietnamese language states that this language originated in c. 1440. 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 Vietnamese Language History.

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

Khmer vs Vietnamese Difficulty

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

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