Countries
Cambodia
  
Vietnam
  
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 in
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Vietnamese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Khmer
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ND
  
Xin chào
  
Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
  
Cam on
  
How Are You?
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
  
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
16.00 million
  
99+
91.00 million
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Vietnamese sign languages
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.