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Countries

Countries

Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Cambodia

Total No. Of Countries

31
0 46
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National Language

Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam

Second Language

Roman Empire
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Asia, Europe
Asia

Minority Language

Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Australia, France, United States of America

Regulated By

Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
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Interesting Facts

  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.

Similar To

Armenian
Lao Language

Derived From

Latin
Pali and Sanskrit Languages

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2453
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

720
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1733
9 60
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Scripts

Arabic, Latin
Khmer

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

64
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

γεια σας (geia sas)
ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)

Thank You

ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)

How Are You?

πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ

Good Night

Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
រាត្រីលា

Good Evening

καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ

Good Afternoon

Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
លើកលែងរសៀល

Good Morning

καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
អរុណ​ប្រចាំឡើង

Please

παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
សូម

Sorry

συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
សូរី

Bye

αντίο (antío)
លាស់ជាស្រី (leah sah srey)

I Love You

Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
បងបានស្រលាញ់អូន

Excuse Me

Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
សូមទាញយក

Dialects

Dialect 1

Cappadocian Greek
Northern Khmer

Where They Speak

Greece
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America

How Many People Speak

2,800.001,400,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Griko
Khmer Krom

Where They Speak

Italy
Vietnam

How Many People Speak

50,000.001,200,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Mariupol
Western Khmer

Where They Speak

Ukraine
Cambodia, Thailand

How Many People Speak

13,000,000.0016,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

256
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

13.00 million16.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.18 %0.24 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

13.00 million13.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

13.00 million16.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

ελληνικά
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)

Alternative Names

Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Cambodian, Khmer

French Name

grec moderne (après 1453)
khmer central

German Name

Neugriechisch
Kambodschanisch

Pronunciation

[eliniˈka]
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]

Ethnicity

Greeks or Hellenes
Khmer, Northern Khmer

History

Origin

1500 BC
14

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Austroasiatic Family

Subgroup

Hellenic
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Branch

-
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Language Forms

Early Forms

Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Proto-Khmer

Standard Forms

Modern Greek
Modern Khmer

Language Position

741
1 120
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Signed Forms

Greek Sign Language
Khmer Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

el
km

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ell
khm

ISO 639 2/B

gre
khm

ISO 639 3

ell
khm

ISO 639 6

ells
khm

Glottocode

gree1276
khme1253

Linguasphere

56-AAA-a
48-ACB

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
Analytic, Isolating

Greek and Khmer Alphabets

Greek and Khmer Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Greek and Khmer. In Greek Alphabets there are 24 letters while in Khmer Alphabets there are 53 letters. To learn Greek and Khmer languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Greek and Khmer languages. The Greek phonology consist Greek vowels and Greek consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Greek greetings vs Khmer greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Greek and Khmer are Most Spoken Languages.

All Greek and Khmer Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Greek and Khmer dialects. Various dialects of Greek and Khmer language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Greek are spoken in different Greek Speaking Countries whereas Khmer Dialects are spoken in different Khmer speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Greek vs Khmer Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Greek dialects include: Cappadocian Greek, Griko. Khmer dialects include: Northern Khmer , Khmer Krom. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Greek and Khmer Speaking population

Greek and Khmer speaking population is one of the factors based on which Greek and Khmer languages can be compared. The total count of Greek and Khmer Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Khmer language is 0.24 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Greek and Khmer on Greek vs Khmer where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Greek and Khmer Language Codes

Greek and Khmer language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Greek and Khmer Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.