Countries
Cambodia
Armenian Highland
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Australia, France, United States of America
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
Regulated By
-
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
Interesting Facts
- Khmer is not the tonal language.
- Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
Similar To
Lao Language
Greek
Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5338
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
206
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3332
9
60
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Scripts
Khmer
Armenian manuscript
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
412
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)
Բարեւ (Barev)
Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
How Are You?
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
Good Night
រាត្រីលា
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
Good Evening
ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
Good Afternoon
លើកលែងរសៀល
Բարի օր (Bari or)
Good Morning
អរុណប្រចាំឡើង
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
Please
សូម
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
Sorry
សូរី
կներեք (knerek’)
Bye
លាស់ជាស្រី (leah sah srey)
Ց'տեսություն
I Love You
បងបានស្រលាញ់អូន
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
Excuse Me
សូមទាញយក
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
Dialect 1
Northern Khmer
Eastern Armenian
Where They Speak
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
How Many People Speak
1,400,000.006,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Khmer Krom
Western Armenian
Where They Speak
Vietnam
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.006,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Western Khmer
Eastern Armenian
Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand
-
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.006,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
62
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
16.00 million6.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.24 %0.22 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
13.00 million6.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
16.00 million7.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
French Name
khmer central
arménien
German Name
Kambodschanisch
Armenisch
Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer
Armenians
Origin
14
late 5th century
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Khmer
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
Standard Forms
Modern Khmer
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
Language Position
114
1
120
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Signed Forms
Khmer Sign Language
Signed Armenian
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
km
hy
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
khm
hye
ISO 639 2/B
khm
arm
ISO 639 3
khm
hye
ISO 639 6
khm
hye
Glottocode
khme1253
arme1241
Linguasphere
48-ACB
57-AAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
-
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Agglutinative, Synthetic