Countries
Cambodia
European Union, Ireland
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
Ireland
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Ireland
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Australia, France, United States of America
United Kingdom
Regulated By
-
Foras na Gaeilge
Interesting Facts
- Khmer is not the tonal language.
- Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
- In Irish language, there are no exact words for "yes" or "no".
- There are different set of numbers for counting humans and another set for counting non-humans in Irish Language.
Similar To
Lao Language
Scottish Gaelic and Welsh Languages
Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5318
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
205
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3313
9
60
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Scripts
Khmer
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
45
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks36 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)
Dia dhuit
Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
Go raibh maith agat
How Are You?
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
Conas atá tú ?
Good Night
រាត្រីលា
Oíche mhaith
Good Evening
ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ
Tráthnóna maith duit
Good Afternoon
លើកលែងរសៀល
Tráthnóna maith duit
Good Morning
អរុណប្រចាំឡើង
Dia dhuit ar maidin
Please
សូម
le do thoil
Sorry
សូរី
Tá brón orm
Bye
លាស់ជាស្រី (leah sah srey)
Slán
I Love You
បងបានស្រលាញ់អូន
Is breá liom thú
Excuse Me
សូមទាញយក
Gabh mo leithscéal
Dialect 1
Northern Khmer
Connacht Irish
Where They Speak
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
Connacht
How Many People Speak
1,400,000.00100,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Khmer Krom
Munster Irish
Where They Speak
Vietnam
Munster
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00150,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Western Khmer
Ulster Irish
Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand
Ulster
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00140,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
64
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
16.00 million1.79 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.24 %0.03 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
13.00 million0.14 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million1.65 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
French Name
khmer central
irlandais moyen
German Name
Kambodschanisch
Mittelirisch
Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer
Irish people
Origin
14
c. 750
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Celtic
Branch
-
Goidelic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Khmer
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
Standard Forms
Modern Khmer
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
Language Position
125
1
120
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Signed Forms
Khmer Sign Language
Irish Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
km
ga
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
khm
gle
ISO 639 2/B
khm
gle
ISO 639 3
khm
gle
ISO 639 6
khm
gle
Glottocode
khme1253
iris1253
Linguasphere
48-ACB
50-AAA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Fusional