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Khmer vs Romanian


Romanian vs Khmer


Countries

Countries
Cambodia   
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
6   
9

National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam   
Moldova, Romania   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Kazakhstan, Russia   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Australia, France, United States of America   
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li   

Interesting Facts
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  
  • Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
  • The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  

Similar To
Lao Language   
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.   

Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53   
32
31   
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20   
17
7   
4

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   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
ND   
alo   

Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)   
multumesc   

How Are You?
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ   
ce mai faci?   

Good Night
ND   
noapte Buna   

Good Evening
ND   
buna Seara   

Good Afternoon
ND   
buna Ziua   

Good Morning
ND   
bună Dimineața   

Please
ND   
Vă Rog   

Sorry
ND   
scuze   

Bye
ND   
La revedere   

I Love You
ND   
Te iubesc   

Excuse Me
ND   
Scuza-Ma   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Khmer   
Aromanian   

Where They Speak
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America   
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
1,400,000.00   
26
250,000.00   
38

Dialect 2
Khmer Krom   
Megleno-Romanian   

Where They Speak
Vietnam   
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00   
24
5,000.00   
99+

Dialect 3
Western Khmer   
Istro-Romanian   

Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand   
Croatia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,400.00   
37

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
10   
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
16.00 million   
99+
28.00 million   
38

Speaking Population
0.24 %   
99+
0.37 %   
35

Native Speakers
13.00 million   
99+
24.00 million   
33

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
4.00 million   
30

Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)   
Română   

Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer   
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian   

French Name
khmer central   
roumain; moldave   

German Name
Kambodschanisch   
Rumänisch   

Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]   
[roˈmɨnə]   

Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer   
Romanians   

History

Origin
14   
1521   

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Khmer   
Proto-Romanian   

Standard Forms
Modern Khmer   
Romanian   

Language Position
Not Available   
36   
28

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Romanian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
km   
ro   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
khm   
ron   

ISO 639 2/B
khm   
rum   

ISO 639 3
khm   
ron   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
khme1253   
roma1327   

Linguasphere
Not Available   
51-AAD-c   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Synthetic   

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Khmer and Romanian Language History

Comparison of Khmer vs Romanian language history gives us differences between origin of Khmer and Romanian language. History of Khmer language states that this language originated in 14 whereas history of Romanian language states that this language originated in 1521. 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 Romanian Language History.

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Khmer and Romanian 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 Romanian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Khmer and Romanian language. Khmer word for "Hello" is ND or Romanian word for "Thank You" is multumesc. Find more of such common Khmer Greetings and Romanian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Khmer vs Romanian Difficulty

The Khmer vs Romanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Khmer Alphabets and Romanian 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 Romanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Khmer and Romanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Khmer is 44 weeks while to learn Romanian time required is 24 weeks.

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