Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Cambodia
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)
Not Available
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 in
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Khmer
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
ND
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
ND
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
ND
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
ND
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
ND
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
ND
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
ND
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
ND
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
ND
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Northern Khmer
Where They Speak
Greece
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
Dialect 2
Griko
Khmer Krom
Where They Speak
Italy
Vietnam
Dialect 3
Mariupol
Western Khmer
Where They Speak
Ukraine
Cambodia, Thailand
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
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Hellenic
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Proto-Khmer
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
Modern Khmer
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
ells
Not Available
Glottocode
gree1276
khme1253
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
Not Available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Analytic, Isolating
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.