Home
Languagevs


Khmer vs Lithuanian


Lithuanian vs Khmer


Countries

Countries
Cambodia  
European Union, Lithuania  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam  
Lithuania  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Australia, France, United States of America  
Poland  

Regulated By
-  
Commission of the Lithuanian Language  

Interesting Facts
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  
  • Lithuanian has many loanwords that originate from Slavic, Germanic and other Baltic languages.
  • "Catheciusmus" is the oldest known book in Lithuanian language in 1547.
  

Similar To
Lao Language  
Latvian  

Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Khmer-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Lithuanian-Alpahbets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
53  
32
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
12  
9

How Many Consonants
33  
23
20  
10

Scripts
Khmer  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)  
Sveiki  

Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)  
Ačiū  

How Are You?
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ  
Kaip sekasi?  

Good Night
រាត្រីលា  
Labanakt  

Good Evening
ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ  
Labas vakaras  

Good Afternoon
លើកលែងរសៀល  
Laba diena  

Good Morning
អរុណ​ប្រចាំឡើង  
Labas rytas  

Please
សូម  
Prašom  

Sorry
សូរី  
atsiprašau  

Bye
លាស់ជាស្រី (leah sah srey)  
Ate  

I Love You
បងបានស្រលាញ់អូន  
Aš myliu tave  

Excuse Me
សូមទាញយក  
Atsiprašau  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Khmer  
Samogitian  

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

How Many People Speak
1,400,000.00  
99+
500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Khmer Krom  
Aukštaitian  

Where They Speak
Vietnam  
Lithuania  

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00  
99+
3,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Western Khmer  
Curonian  

Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand  
Lithuania  

How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00  
27
3,000,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
10  
10

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.24 %  
99+
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
3.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
33
3.00 million  
99+

Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)  
lietuvių kalba  

Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer  
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy  

French Name
khmer central  
lituanien  

German Name
Kambodschanisch  
Litauisch  

Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]  
[ˌlɪθuˈeɪniən]  

Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer  
Lithuanians  

History

Origin
14  
c. 1503  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
Baltic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Khmer  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Khmer  
Lithuanian  

Language Position
1  
1
44  
99+

Signed Forms
Khmer Sign Language  
Lithuanian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
km  
lt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
khm  
lit  

ISO 639 2/B
khm  
lit  

ISO 639 3
khm  
lit  

ISO 639 6
khm  
lit  

Glottocode
khme1253  
lith1251  

Linguasphere
48-ACB  
54-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Synthetic  

Countries >>
<< All

Khmer and Lithuanian Language History

Comparison of Khmer vs Lithuanian language history gives us differences between origin of Khmer and Lithuanian language. History of Khmer language states that this language originated in 14 whereas history of Lithuanian language states that this language originated in c. 1503. 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 Lithuanian Language History.

Compare Most Difficult Languages

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

Khmer vs Lithuanian Difficulty

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

Most Difficult Languages

Most Difficult Languages

» More Most Difficult Languages

Compare Most Difficult Languages

» More Compare Most Difficult Languages