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Georgian vs Khmer


Khmer vs Georgian


Countries

Countries
Georgia  
Cambodia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America  
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Australia, France, United States of America  

Regulated By
Cabinet of Georgia  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Georgian language has borrowed many words from Arabic, Persian and Turkish languages.
  • Georgian language does not distinguish between 'he/him', 'she/her' and 'it', only masculine form is used.
  
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  

Similar To
Armenian and Azerbaijani Languages  
Lao Language  

Derived From
Anatolian Languages  
Pali and Sanskrit Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
20  
17

How Many Consonants
28  
18
33  
23

Scripts
Arabic, Georgian script  
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  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)  
ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)  

Thank You
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)  
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)  

How Are You?
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)  
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ  

Good Night
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)  
រាត្រីលា  

Good Evening
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)  
ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ  

Good Afternoon
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)  
លើកលែងរសៀល  

Good Morning
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)  
អរុណ​ប្រចាំឡើង  

Please
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)  
សូម  

Sorry
ბოდიში (bodishi)  
សូរី  

Bye
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)  
លាស់ជាស្រី (leah sah srey)  

I Love You
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)  
បងបានស្រលាញ់អូន  

Excuse Me
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)  
សូមទាញយក  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judaeo-Georgian  
Northern Khmer  

Where They Speak
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America  
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
80,000.00  
99+
1,400,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Kartlian  
Khmer Krom  

Where They Speak
Kartli  
Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00  
99+
1,200,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Pshavian  
Western Khmer  

Where They Speak
Pshavi  
Cambodia, Thailand  

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00  
40
16,000,000.00  
27

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
6  
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.64 %  
26
0.24 %  
99+

Native Speakers
4.30 million  
99+
13.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
4.00 million  
99+
16.00 million  
33

Native Name
ქართული ენა  
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)  

Alternative Names
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli  
Cambodian, Khmer  

French Name
géorgien  
khmer central  

German Name
Georgisch  
Kambodschanisch  

Pronunciation
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]  
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]  

Ethnicity
Georgians  
Khmer, Northern Khmer  

History

Origin
5th Century  
14  

Language Family
Kartvelian Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Southern  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian  
Proto-Khmer  

Standard Forms
Modern Georgian  
Modern Khmer  

Language Position
120  
99+
1  
1

Signed Forms
Georgian Sign Language  
Khmer Sign Language  

Scope
-  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ka  
km  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kat  
khm  

ISO 639 2/B
geo  
khm  

ISO 639 3
kat  
khm  

ISO 639 6
kat  
khm  

Glottocode
nucl1302  
khme1253  

Linguasphere
No data available  
48-ACB  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Analytic, Isolating  

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Georgian and Khmer Language History

Comparison of Georgian vs Khmer language history gives us differences between origin of Georgian and Khmer language. History of Georgian language states that this language originated in 5th 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 Georgian and Khmer Language History.

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

Georgian vs Khmer Difficulty

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

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