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Korean and Khmer


Countries

Countries
Cambodia  
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
5  
10

National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam  
North Korea, South Korea  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Australia, France, United States of America  
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America  

Regulated By
-  
The National Institute of the Korean Language  

Interesting Facts
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  
  • Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
  • Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
  

Similar To
Lao Language  
Chinese and Japanese languages  

Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
40  
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
21  
18

How Many Consonants
33  
23
19  
9

Scripts
Khmer  
Hangul  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
88 weeks  
19

Greetings

Hello
ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)  
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)  

Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)  
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)  

How Are You?
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ  
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)  

Good Night
រាត្រីលា  
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)  

Good Evening
ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ  
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)  

Good Afternoon
លើកលែងរសៀល  
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)  

Good Morning
អរុណ​ប្រចាំឡើង  
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)  

Please
សូម  
하십시오 (hasibsio)  

Sorry
សូរី  
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)  

Bye
លាស់ជាស្រី (leah sah srey)  
안녕 (annyeong)  

I Love You
បងបានស្រលាញ់អូន  
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)  

Excuse Me
សូមទាញយក  
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Khmer  
Jeju  

Where They Speak
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America  
South Korea  

How Many People Speak
1,400,000.00  
99+
10,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Khmer Krom  
Gyeongsang  

Where They Speak
Vietnam  
South Korea  

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00  
99+
10,000,000.00  
37

Dialect 3
Western Khmer  
Hamgyŏng  

Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand  
China, North Korea  

How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00  
27
77,000,000.00  
7

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
16.00 million  
99+
77.00 million  
22

Speaking Population
0.24 %  
99+
1.14 %  
17

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
77.00 million  
12

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
33
77.00 million  
13

Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)  
한국어 (조선말)  

Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer  
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh  

French Name
khmer central  
coréen  

German Name
Kambodschanisch  
Koreanisch  

Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]  
[hangukmal]  

Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer  
Koreans  

History

Origin
14  
Before 1st century  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Koreanic Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Khmer  
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean  

Standard Forms
Modern Khmer  
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard  

Language Position
1  
1
12  
11

Signed Forms
Khmer Sign Language  
Korean Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
km  
ko  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
khm  
kor  

ISO 639 2/B
khm  
kor  

ISO 639 3
khm  
Kor  

ISO 639 6
khm  
kor  

Glottocode
khme1253  
kore1280  

Linguasphere
48-ACB  
45-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Agglutinative  

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

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Khmer and Korean Speaking population

Khmer and Korean speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khmer and Korean languages can be compared. The total count of Khmer and Korean Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khmer language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Korean language is 1.14 %. 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 Korean on Khmer vs Korean where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Khmer and Korean Language Codes

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

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