Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
Cambodia
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 in
Portuguese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Khmer-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
obrigado
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
How Are You?
Como você está?
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
Good Evening
boa Noite
ND
Good Afternoon
boa Tarde
ND
Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese
Northern Khmer
Where They Speak
Brazil
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
Dialect 2
European Portuguese
Khmer Krom
Where They Speak
Portugal
Vietnam
Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Western Khmer
Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
Cambodia, Thailand
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
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
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Romance
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
Proto-Khmer
Standard Forms
Portuguese
Modern Khmer
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
port1283
khme1253
Linguasphere
51-AAA-a
Not Available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Analytic, Isolating
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.