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Khmer and Greek


Countries

Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece  
Cambodia  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

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)  
-  

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
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Khmer-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
24  
6
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
20  
17

How Many Consonants
17  
7
33  
23

Scripts
Arabic, Latin  
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
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
2,800.00  
99+
1,400,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Griko  
Khmer Krom  

Where They Speak
Italy  
Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
50,000.00  
99+
1,200,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Mariupol  
Western Khmer  

Where They Speak
Ukraine  
Cambodia, Thailand  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
28
16,000,000.00  
27

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
6  
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.18 %  
99+
0.24 %  
99+

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
13.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
13.00 million  
37
16.00 million  
33

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  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

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
74  
99+
1  
1

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  

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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.

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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

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