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Countries

Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe  
Cambodia  

Total No. Of Countries
10  
6
1  
14

National Language
Portugal  
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam  

Second Language
United States of America  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America  
Asia  

Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America  
Australia, France, United States of America  

Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
  • The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
  
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  

Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages  
Lao Language  

Derived From
Latin  
Pali and Sanskrit Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23  
5
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
20  
17

How Many Consonants
19  
9
33  
23

Scripts
Latin  
Khmer  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Olá  
ND  

Thank You
obrigado  
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)  

How Are You?
Como você está?  
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ  

Good Night
boa noite  
ND  

Good Evening
boa Noite  
ND  

Good Afternoon
boa Tarde  
ND  

Good Morning
bom Dia  
ND  

Please
Por Favor  
ND  

Sorry
pesaroso  
ND  

Bye
tchau  
ND  

I Love You
Eu te amo  
ND  

Excuse Me
desculpe me  
ND  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese  
Northern Khmer  

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

How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00  
4
1,400,000.00  
26

Dialect 2
European Portuguese  
Khmer Krom  

Where They Speak
Portugal  
Vietnam  

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

Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole  
Western Khmer  

Where They Speak
Daman and Diu  
Cambodia, Thailand  

How Many People Speak
4,000.00  
36
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
26  
22
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
231.00 million  
7
16.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
3.27 %  
7
0.24 %  
99+

Native Speakers
216.00 million  
5
13.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
18
Not Available  

Native Name
Português  
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)  

Alternative Names
Português  
Cambodian, Khmer  

French Name
portugais  
khmer central  

German Name
Portugiesisch  
Kambodschanisch  

Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]  
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]  

Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses  
Khmer, Northern Khmer  

History

Origin
3rd Century  
14  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician  
Proto-Khmer  

Standard Forms
Portuguese  
Modern Khmer  

Language Position
6  
6
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
pt  
km  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
por  
khm  

ISO 639 2/B
por  
khm  

ISO 639 3
por  
khm  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
port1283  
khme1253  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-a  
Not Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Analytic, Isolating  

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Portuguese and Khmer Language History

Comparison of Portuguese vs Khmer language history gives us differences between origin of Portuguese and Khmer language. History of Portuguese language states that this language originated in 3rd Century whereas history of Khmer language states that this language originated in 14. 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 Portuguese and Khmer Language History.

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Portuguese 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 Portuguese and Khmer greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Portuguese and Khmer language. Portuguese word for "Hello" is Olá or Khmer word for "Thank You" is សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak). Find more of such common Portuguese Greetings and Khmer Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Portuguese vs Khmer Difficulty

The Portuguese vs Khmer difficulty level basically depends on the number of Portuguese 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 Portuguese and Khmer are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Portuguese and Khmer, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Portuguese is 24 weeks while to learn Khmer time required is 44 weeks.

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