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Irish vs Khmer


Countries

Countries
Cambodia  
European Union, Ireland  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

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

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

Alphabets
53  
32
18  
1

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
5  
2

How Many Consonants
33  
23
13  
3

Scripts
Khmer  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)  
Dia dhuit  

Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)  
Go raibh maith agat  

How Are You?
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ  
Conas atá tú ?  

Good Night
រាត្រីលា  
Oíche mhaith  

Good Evening
ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ  
Tráthnóna maith duit  

Good Afternoon
លើកលែងរសៀល  
Tráthnóna maith duit  

Good Morning
អរុណ​ប្រចាំឡើង  
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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Khmer  
Connacht Irish  

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

How Many People Speak
1,400,000.00  
99+
100,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Khmer Krom  
Munster Irish  

Where They Speak
Vietnam  
Munster  

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00  
99+
150,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Western Khmer  
Ulster Irish  

Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand  
Ulster  

How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00  
27
140,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.24 %  
99+
0.03 %  
99+

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
0.14 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
33
1.65 million  
99+

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  

History

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
1  
1
25  
23

Signed Forms
Khmer Sign Language  
Irish Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  

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Khmer and Irish Language History

Comparison of Khmer vs Irish language history gives us differences between origin of Khmer and Irish language. History of Khmer language states that this language originated in 14 whereas history of Irish language states that this language originated in c. 750. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Khmer and Irish Language History.

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Khmer and Irish 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 Irish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Khmer and Irish language. Khmer word for "Hello" is ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor) or Irish word for "Thank You" is Go raibh maith agat. Find more of such common Khmer Greetings and Irish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Khmer vs Irish Difficulty

The Khmer vs Irish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Khmer Alphabets and Irish 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 Irish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Khmer and Irish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Khmer is 44 weeks while to learn Irish time required is 36 weeks.

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