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Khmer vs Russian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan  
Cambodia  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
1  
14

National Language
Russia  
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam  

Second Language
Afganistan  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  
Australia, France, United States of America  

Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  

Similar To
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages  
Lao Language  

Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary  
Pali and Sanskrit Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
20  
17

How Many Consonants
21  
11
33  
23

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Khmer  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)  
ND  

Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)  
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)  

How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)  
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ  

Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)  
ND  

Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)  
ND  

Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')  
ND  

Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)  
ND  

Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)  
ND  

Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)  
ND  

Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)  
ND  

I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)  
ND  

Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)  
ND  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian  
Northern Khmer  

Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan  
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
1,400,000.00  
26

Dialect 2
Olonets  
Khmer Krom  

Where They Speak
Olonets  
Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
1,200,000.00  
24

Dialect 3
Novgorod  
Western Khmer  

Where They Speak
Novgorod  
Cambodia, Thailand  

Total No. Of Dialects
13  
13
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
276.00 million  
6
16.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
2.33 %  
9
0.24 %  
99+

Native Speakers
166.00 million  
8
13.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million  
7
Not Available  

Native Name
Русский  
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)  

Alternative Names
Russki  
Cambodian, Khmer  

French Name
russe  
khmer central  

German Name
Russisch  
Kambodschanisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]  
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]  

Ethnicity
Russians  
Khmer, Northern Khmer  

History

Origin
1000 AD  
14  

Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Not Available  

Branch
Eastern  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic  
Proto-Khmer  

Standard Forms
Standard Russian  
Modern Khmer  

Language Position
7  
7
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Signed Russian  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ru  
km  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
rus  
khm  

ISO 639 2/B
rus  
khm  

ISO 639 3
rus  
khm  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
russ1263  
khme1253  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea  
Not Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Analytic, Isolating  

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Russian and Khmer Language History

Comparison of Russian vs Khmer language history gives us differences between origin of Russian and Khmer language. History of Russian language states that this language originated in 1000 AD 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 Russian and Khmer Language History.

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

Russian vs Khmer Difficulty

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

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