Countries
Cambodia
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
France
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Africa, Canada
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
Minority Language
Australia, France, United States of America
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
Regulated By
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Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
Interesting Facts
- Khmer is not the tonal language.
- Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
Similar To
Lao Language
Italian Language
Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages
Latin
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)
bonjour
Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
Merci
How Are You?
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
Comment allez-vous?
Good Night
រាត្រីលា
bonne Nuit
Good Evening
ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ
bonsoir
Good Afternoon
លើកលែងរសៀល
bon Après-Midi
Good Morning
អរុណប្រចាំឡើង
Bonjour
Please
សូម
S'il vous plaît
Bye
លាស់ជាស្រី (leah sah srey)
au revoir
I Love You
បងបានស្រលាញ់អូន
Je t'aime
Excuse Me
សូមទាញយក
Excuse Moi
Dialect 1
Northern Khmer
Quebec French
Where They Speak
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
Dialect 2
Khmer Krom
African French
Where They Speak
Vietnam
Africa
Dialect 3
Western Khmer
Swiss French
Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand
Northeast France, Switzerland
Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
français
Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer
Français
French Name
khmer central
français
German Name
Kambodschanisch
Französisch
Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer
French people
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
Proto-Khmer
Old French, Middle French and French
Standard Forms
Modern Khmer
Standard French
Signed Forms
Khmer Sign Language
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
khme1253
stan1290
Linguasphere
48-ACB
51-AAA-i
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Fusional, Synthetic
Khmer and French 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 French greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Khmer and French language. Khmer word for "Hello" is ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor) or French word for "Thank You" is Merci. Find more of such common Khmer Greetings and French Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Khmer vs French Difficulty
The Khmer vs French difficulty level basically depends on the number of Khmer Alphabets and French 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 French are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Khmer and French, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Khmer is 44 weeks while to learn French time required is 24 weeks.