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Khmer and Armenian


Armenian and Khmer


Countries

Countries
Cambodia  
Armenian Highland  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

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

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

Alphabets
53  
32
38  
20

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
6  
3

How Many Consonants
33  
23
32  
22

Scripts
Khmer  
Armenian manuscript  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
12  
9

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)  
Բարեւ (Barev)  

Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)  
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)  

How Are You?
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ  
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
អរុណ​ប្រចាំឡើង  
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)  

Dialects

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
1,400,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Khmer Krom  
Western Armenian  

Where They Speak
Vietnam  
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Western Khmer  
Eastern Armenian  

Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand  
-  

How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00  
27
6,000,000.00  
34

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
2  
2

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.24 %  
99+
0.22 %  
99+

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
6.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
33
7.00 million  
99+

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  

History

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
1  
1
14  
13

Signed Forms
Khmer Sign Language  
Signed Armenian  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  

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All Khmer and Armenian 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 Khmer and Armenian dialects. Various dialects of Khmer and Armenian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Khmer are spoken in different Khmer Speaking Countries whereas Armenian Dialects are spoken in different Armenian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Khmer vs Armenian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Khmer dialects include: Northern Khmer, Khmer Krom. Armenian dialects include: Eastern Armenian , Western Armenian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Khmer and Armenian Speaking population

Khmer and Armenian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khmer and Armenian languages can be compared. The total count of Khmer and Armenian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khmer language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Armenian language is 0.22 %. 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 Khmer and Armenian on Khmer vs Armenian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Khmer and Armenian Language Codes

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

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