Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Cambodia
National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Asia
Minority Language
South Africa
Australia, France, United States of America
Regulated By
Not Available
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
- Khmer is not the tonal language.
- Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
Similar To
Not Available
Lao Language
Derived From
Latin
Pali and Sanskrit Languages
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Thank you
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
How Are You?
How are you?
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
Good Evening
Good Evening
ND
Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon
ND
Good Morning
Good Morning
ND
Dialect 1
American English
Northern Khmer
Where They Speak
United States of America
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
Dialect 2
Hiberno-English
Khmer Krom
Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Vietnam
Dialect 3
Welsh English
Western Khmer
Where They Speak
United Kingdom
Cambodia, Thailand
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
English
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
Alternative Names
Not Available
Cambodian, Khmer
French Name
anglais
khmer central
German Name
Englisch
Kambodschanisch
Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
Ethnicity
Not Available
Khmer, Northern Khmer
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Proto-Khmer
Standard Forms
Standard English
Modern Khmer
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed English
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
engs
Not Available
Glottocode
stan1293
khme1253
Linguasphere
52-ABA
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Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Analytic, Isolating
English 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 English and Khmer greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in English and Khmer language. English word for "Hello" is Hello or Khmer word for "Thank You" is សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak). Find more of such common English Greetings and Khmer Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
English vs Khmer Difficulty
The English vs Khmer difficulty level basically depends on the number of English 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 English and Khmer are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in English and Khmer, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn English is 6 weeks while to learn Khmer time required is 44 weeks.