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Serbian vs Khmer


Khmer vs Serbian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia   
Cambodia   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
1   
14

National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia   
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
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia   
Australia, France, United States of America   

Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
  • Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  

Similar To
Bosnian and Croatian Languages   
Lao Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Pali and Sanskrit Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
20   
17

How Many Consonants
25   
15
33   
23

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin   
Khmer   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)   
ND   

Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)   
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)   

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)   
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ   

Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)   
ND   

Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)   
ND   

Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)   
ND   

Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)   
ND   

Please
Молим (Molim)   
ND   

Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)   
ND   

Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)   
ND   

I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)   
ND   

Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)   
ND   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok   
Northern Khmer   

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

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,400,000.00   
26

Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac   
Khmer Krom   

Where They Speak
Serbia   
Vietnam   

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

Dialect 3
Torlakian   
Western Khmer   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   
Cambodia, Thailand   

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00   
17
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
6   
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.70 million   
99+
16.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.24 %   
99+

Native Speakers
8.70 million   
99+
13.00 million   
99+

Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)   
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)   

Alternative Names
Montenegrin   
Cambodian, Khmer   

French Name
serbe   
khmer central   

German Name
Serbisch   
Kambodschanisch   

Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]   
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]   

Ethnicity
Serbs   
Khmer, Northern Khmer   

History

Origin
11th Century   
14   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Austroasiatic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Proto-Khmer   

Standard Forms
Standard Serbian   
Modern Khmer   

Language Position
44   
33
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sr   
km   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
srp   
khm   

ISO 639 2/B
srp   
khm   

ISO 639 3
srp   
khm   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
serb1264   
khme1253   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-g   
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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Serbian and Khmer Language History

Comparison of Serbian vs Khmer language history gives us differences between origin of Serbian and Khmer language. History of Serbian language states that this language originated in 11th 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 Serbian and Khmer Language History.

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

Serbian vs Khmer Difficulty

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

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