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Countries

Countries

Cambodia
Cyprus, European Union, Greece

Total No. Of Countries

13
0 46
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National Language

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

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Roman Empire

Speaking Continents

Asia
Asia, Europe

Minority Language

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

Regulated By

-
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)

Interesting Facts

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

Similar To

Lao Language
Armenian

Derived From

Pali and Sanskrit Languages
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5324
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

207
0 32
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How Many Consonants

3317
9 60
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Scripts

Khmer
Arabic, Latin

Writing Direction

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

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

46
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)
γεια σας (geia sas)

Thank You

សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)

How Are You?

អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)

Good Night

រាត្រីលា
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)

Good Evening

ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)

Good Afternoon

លើកលែងរសៀល
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)

Good Morning

អរុណ​ប្រចាំឡើង
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)

Please

សូម
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)

Sorry

សូរី
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)

Bye

លាស់ជាស្រី (leah sah srey)
αντίο (antío)

I Love You

បងបានស្រលាញ់អូន
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)

Excuse Me

សូមទាញយក
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Northern Khmer
Cappadocian Greek

Where They Speak

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

How Many People Speak

1,400,000.002,800.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Khmer Krom
Griko

Where They Speak

Vietnam
Italy

How Many People Speak

1,200,000.0050,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Western Khmer
Mariupol

Where They Speak

Cambodia, Thailand
Ukraine

How Many People Speak

16,000,000.0013,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

625
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

16.00 million13.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.24 %0.18 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

13.00 million13.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

16.00 million13.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
ελληνικά

Alternative Names

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

French Name

khmer central
grec moderne (après 1453)

German Name

Kambodschanisch
Neugriechisch

Pronunciation

[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
[eliniˈka]

Ethnicity

Khmer, Northern Khmer
Greeks or Hellenes

History

Origin

14
1500 BC

Language Family

Austroasiatic Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

-
Hellenic

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

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

Standard Forms

Modern Khmer
Modern Greek

Language Position

174
1 120
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Signed Forms

Khmer Sign Language
Greek Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

km
el

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

khm
ell

ISO 639 2/B

khm
gre

ISO 639 3

khm
ell

ISO 639 6

khm
ells

Glottocode

khme1253
gree1276

Linguasphere

48-ACB
56-AAA-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Analytic, Isolating
Fusional, Synthetic

Khmer and Greek Alphabets

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

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

Khmer and Greek Speaking population

Khmer and Greek speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khmer and Greek languages can be compared. The total count of Khmer and Greek Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khmer language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 %. 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 Greek on Khmer vs Greek where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Khmer and Greek Language Codes

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