Countries
European Union, Malta
  
Cambodia
  
National Language
Malta
  
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
  
Australia, France, United States of America
  
Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
- Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
  
- Khmer is not the tonal language.
- Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  
Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects
  
Lao Language
  
Derived From
Roman Languages
  
Pali and Sanskrit Languages
  
Alphabets in
Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Khmer-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Khmer
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Ħello
  
ND
  
Thank You
Grazzi
  
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
  
How Are You?
Kif int?
  
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
  
Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
ND
  
Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
ND
  
Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
  
ND
  
Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba
  
ND
  
Please
Jekk jogħġbok
  
ND
  
Sorry
Skużani!
  
ND
  
Bye
Ċaw
  
ND
  
I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna
  
ND
  
Excuse Me
Skużi!
  
ND
  
Dialect 1
Qormi
  
Northern Khmer
  
Where They Speak
Malta
  
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,400,000.00
  
26
Dialect 2
Żejtun
  
Khmer Krom
  
Where They Speak
Malta
  
Vietnam
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,200,000.00
  
24
Dialect 3
Not Present
  
Western Khmer
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Cambodia, Thailand
  
How Many People Speak?
0.52 million
  
99+
16.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.52 million
  
99+
13.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
Malti
  
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
  
Alternative Names
Malti
  
Cambodian, Khmer
  
French Name
maltais
  
khmer central
  
German Name
Maltesisch
  
Kambodschanisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
  
Ethnicity
Maltese
  
Khmer, Northern Khmer
  
Origin
c. 1470
  
14
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Austroasiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
North Abric
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Proto-Khmer
  
Standard Forms
Maltese
  
Modern Khmer
  
Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mt
  
km
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mlt
  
khm
  
ISO 639 2/B
mlt
  
khm
  
ISO 639 3
mlt
  
khm
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
malt1254
  
khme1253
  
Linguasphere
12-AAC-c
  
Not Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Analytic, Isolating
  
Maltese and Khmer 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 Maltese and Khmer greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Maltese and Khmer language. Maltese word for "Hello" is Ħello or Khmer word for "Thank You" is សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak). Find more of such common Maltese Greetings and Khmer Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Maltese vs Khmer Difficulty
The Maltese vs Khmer difficulty level basically depends on the number of Maltese Alphabets and Khmer 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 Maltese and Khmer are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Maltese and Khmer, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Maltese is 30 weeks while to learn Khmer time required is 44 weeks.