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Khmer and Greek


Greek and Khmer


Countries

Countries
Cambodia  
Cyprus, European Union, Greece  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

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

Alphabets
53  
32
24  
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
7  
4

How Many Consonants
33  
23
17  
7

Scripts
Khmer  
Arabic, Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

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
1,400,000.00  
99+
2,800.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Khmer Krom  
Griko  

Where They Speak
Vietnam  
Italy  

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

Dialect 3
Western Khmer  
Mariupol  

Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand  
Ukraine  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
25  
21

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.24 %  
99+
0.18 %  
99+

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
13.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
33
13.00 million  
37

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
1  
1
74  
99+

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  

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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.

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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.

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