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Khmer and Korean


Countries

Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian  
Cambodia  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
1  
14

National Language
North Korea, South Korea  
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America  
Australia, France, United States of America  

Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
  • Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
  
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  

Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages  
Lao Language  

Derived From
-  
Pali and Sanskrit Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
40  
21
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
21  
18
20  
17

How Many Consonants
19  
9
33  
23

Scripts
Hangul  
Khmer  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)  
ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)  

Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)  
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)  

How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)  
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ  

Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)  
រាត្រីលា  

Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)  
ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ  

Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)  
លើកលែងរសៀល  

Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)  
អរុណ​ប្រចាំឡើង  

Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)  
សូម  

Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)  
សូរី  

Bye
안녕 (annyeong)  
លាស់ជាស្រី (leah sah srey)  

I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)  
បងបានស្រលាញ់អូន  

Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)  
សូមទាញយក  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jeju  
Northern Khmer  

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

How Many People Speak
10,000.00  
99+
1,400,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Gyeongsang  
Khmer Krom  

Where They Speak
South Korea  
Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
37
1,200,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng  
Western Khmer  

Where They Speak
China, North Korea  
Cambodia, Thailand  

How Many People Speak
77,000,000.00  
7
16,000,000.00  
27

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
77.00 million  
22
16.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.14 %  
17
0.24 %  
99+

Native Speakers
77.00 million  
12
13.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
77.00 million  
13
16.00 million  
33

Native Name
한국어 (조선말)  
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)  

Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh  
Cambodian, Khmer  

French Name
coréen  
khmer central  

German Name
Koreanisch  
Kambodschanisch  

Pronunciation
[hangukmal]  
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]  

Ethnicity
Koreans  
Khmer, Northern Khmer  

History

Origin
Before 1st century  
14  

Language Family
Koreanic Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean  
Proto-Khmer  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard  
Modern Khmer  

Language Position
12  
11
1  
1

Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language  
Khmer Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ko  
km  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kor  
khm  

ISO 639 2/B
kor  
khm  

ISO 639 3
Kor  
khm  

ISO 639 6
kor  
khm  

Glottocode
kore1280  
khme1253  

Linguasphere
45-AAA  
48-ACB  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Analytic, Isolating  

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All Korean and Khmer Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Korean and Khmer dialects. Various dialects of Korean and Khmer language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Korean are spoken in different Korean Speaking Countries whereas Khmer Dialects are spoken in different Khmer speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Korean vs Khmer Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Korean dialects include: Jeju, Gyeongsang. Khmer dialects include: Northern Khmer , Khmer Krom. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Korean and Khmer Speaking population

Korean and Khmer speaking population is one of the factors based on which Korean and Khmer languages can be compared. The total count of Korean and Khmer Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Korean language is 1.14 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Khmer language is 0.24 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Korean and Khmer on Korean vs Khmer where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Korean and Khmer Language Codes

Korean and Khmer language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Korean and Khmer Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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