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Khmer and Korean


Countries

Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian   
Cambodia   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
1   
14

National Language
North Korea, South Korea   
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America   
Australia, France, United States of America   

Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
  • Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
  
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  

Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages   
Lao Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Pali and Sanskrit Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
40   
21
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
21   
18
20   
17

How Many Consonants
19   
9
33   
23

Scripts
Hangul   
Khmer   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)   
ND   

Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)   
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)   

How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)   
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ   

Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)   
ND   

Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)   
ND   

Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)   
ND   

Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)   
ND   

Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)   
ND   

Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)   
ND   

Bye
안녕 (annyeong)   
ND   

I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)   
ND   

Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)   
ND   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jeju   
Northern Khmer   

Where They Speak
South Korea   
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America   

How Many People Speak
10,000.00   
99+
1,400,000.00   
26

Dialect 2
Gyeongsang   
Khmer Krom   

Where They Speak
South Korea   
Vietnam   

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00   
9
1,200,000.00   
24

Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng   
Western Khmer   

Where They Speak
China, North Korea   
Cambodia, Thailand   

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
6   
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
77.00 million   
22
16.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
1.14 %   
16
0.24 %   
99+

Native Speakers
77.00 million   
12
13.00 million   
99+

Native Name
한국어 (조선말)   
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)   

Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh   
Cambodian, Khmer   

French Name
coréen   
khmer central   

German Name
Koreanisch   
Kambodschanisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]   

Ethnicity
Koreans   
Khmer, Northern Khmer   

History

Origin
Before 1st century   
14   

Language Family
Koreanic Family   
Austroasiatic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean   
Proto-Khmer   

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard   
Modern Khmer   

Language Position
12   
11
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ko   
km   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kor   
khm   

ISO 639 2/B
kor   
khm   

ISO 639 3
Kor   
khm   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
kore1280   
khme1253   

Linguasphere
45-AAA   
Not Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Analytic, Isolating   

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All Korean and Khmer Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Korean and Khmer dialects. Various dialects of Korean and Khmer language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Korean are spoken in different Korean Speaking Countries whereas Khmer Dialects are spoken in different Khmer speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Korean vs Khmer Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Korean dialects include: Jeju, Gyeongsang. Khmer dialects include: Northern Khmer , Khmer Krom. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Korean and Khmer Speaking population

Korean and Khmer speaking population is one of the factors based on which Korean and Khmer languages can be compared. The total count of Korean and Khmer Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Korean language is 1.14 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Khmer language is 0.24 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Korean and Khmer on Korean vs Khmer where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Korean and Khmer Language Codes

Korean and Khmer language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Korean and Khmer Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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