Countries
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
Cambodia
National Language
France
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
Second Language
Africa, Canada
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
Asia
Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
Australia, France, United States of America
Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
- Khmer is not the tonal language.
- Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
Similar To
Italian Language
Lao Language
Derived From
Latin
Pali and Sanskrit Languages
Alphabets in
French-Alphabets.jpg#200
Khmer-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Merci
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi
ND
Please
S'il vous plaît
ND
Dialect 1
Quebec French
Northern Khmer
Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
Dialect 2
African French
Khmer Krom
Where They Speak
Africa
Vietnam
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Swiss French
Western Khmer
Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland
Cambodia, Thailand
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
français
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
Alternative Names
Français
Cambodian, Khmer
French Name
français
khmer central
German Name
Französisch
Kambodschanisch
Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
Ethnicity
Not Available
Khmer, Northern Khmer
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Romance
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French
Proto-Khmer
Standard Forms
Standard French
Modern Khmer
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
fras
Not Available
Glottocode
stan1290
khme1253
Linguasphere
51-AAA-i
Not Available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Analytic, Isolating
French 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 French and Khmer greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in French and Khmer language. French word for "Hello" is bonjour or Khmer word for "Thank You" is សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak). Find more of such common French Greetings and Khmer Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
French vs Khmer Difficulty
The French vs Khmer difficulty level basically depends on the number of French 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 French and Khmer are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in French and Khmer, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn French is 24 weeks while to learn Khmer time required is 44 weeks.