Countries
Cambodia
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Minority Language
Australia, France, United States of America
South Africa
Regulated By
Not Available
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- Khmer is not the tonal language.
- Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
Similar To
Lao Language
Not Available
Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages
Latin
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
Thank you
How Are You?
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
How are you?
Good Evening
ND
Good Evening
Good Afternoon
ND
Good Afternoon
Good Morning
ND
Good Morning
Dialect 1
Northern Khmer
American English
Where They Speak
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
United States of America
Dialect 2
Khmer Krom
Hiberno-English
Where They Speak
Vietnam
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Dialect 3
Western Khmer
Welsh English
Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand
United Kingdom
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
English
Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer
Not Available
French Name
khmer central
anglais
German Name
Kambodschanisch
Englisch
Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer
Not Available
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Proto-Khmer
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Standard Forms
Modern Khmer
Standard English
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed English
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
engs
Glottocode
khme1253
stan1293
Linguasphere
Not Available
52-ABA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Khmer and English Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Khmer and English greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Khmer and English language. Khmer word for "Hello" is ND or English word for "Thank You" is Thank you. Find more of such common Khmer Greetings and English Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Khmer vs English Difficulty
The Khmer vs English difficulty level basically depends on the number of Khmer Alphabets and English Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Khmer and English are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Khmer and English, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Khmer is 44 weeks while to learn English time required is 6 weeks.