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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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