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Vietnamese vs Khmer


Khmer vs Vietnamese


Countries

Countries
Vietnam   
Cambodia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Vietnam   
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam   

Second Language
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Czech Republic   
Australia, France, United States of America   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • The vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
  • The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.
  
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  

Similar To
Chinese Language   
Lao Language   

Derived From
Chinese Language   
Pali and Sanskrit Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
37   
19
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
20   
17

How Many Consonants
21   
11
33   
23

Scripts
Latin   
Khmer   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Xin chào   
ND   

Thank You
Cam on   
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)   

How Are You?
Bạn khỏe không?   
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ   

Good Night
Chúc ngủ ngon   
ND   

Good Evening
Chào buổi tối   
ND   

Good Afternoon
Chào buổi trưa   
ND   

Good Morning
Chào buổi sáng   
ND   

Please
xin vui lòng   
ND   

Sorry
Xin lỗi   
ND   

Bye
Tạm biệt   
ND   

I Love You
tôi yêu bạn   
ND   

Excuse Me
Xin loi   
ND   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese   
Northern Khmer   

Where They Speak
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac   
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America   

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

Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese   
Khmer Krom   

Where They Speak
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa   
Vietnam   

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

Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese   
Western Khmer   

Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien   
Cambodia, Thailand   

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
6   
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
91.00 million   
16
16.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
1.14 %   
16
0.24 %   
99+

Native Speakers
75.00 million   
14
13.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million   
17
Not Available   

Native Name
tiếng việt (㗂越)   
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)   

Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet   
Cambodian, Khmer   

French Name
vietnamien   
khmer central   

German Name
Vietnamesisch   
Kambodschanisch   

Pronunciation
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern) [tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)   
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]   

Ethnicity
Vietnamese (Kinh) people   
Khmer, Northern Khmer   

History

Origin
c. 1440   
14   

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family   
Austroasiatic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese   
Proto-Khmer   

Standard Forms
Standard Vietnamese   
Modern Khmer   

Language Position
14   
13
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
vi   
km   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
vie   
khm   

ISO 639 2/B
vie   
khm   

ISO 639 3
vie   
khm   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
viet1252   
khme1253   

Linguasphere
46-EBA   
Not Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Analytic, Isolating   

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Vietnamese and Khmer Language History

Comparison of Vietnamese vs Khmer language history gives us differences between origin of Vietnamese and Khmer language. History of Vietnamese language states that this language originated in c. 1440 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 Vietnamese and Khmer Language History.

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

Vietnamese vs Khmer Difficulty

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

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