Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Cambodia
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
Not Available
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
Not Available
Pali and Sanskrit Languages
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
ND
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
ND
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
ND
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
ND
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
ND
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
ND
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
ND
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
ND
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
ND
Dialect 1
Jeju
Northern Khmer
Where They Speak
South Korea
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
Khmer Krom
Where They Speak
South Korea
Vietnam
Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
Western Khmer
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
Cambodia, Thailand
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
Not Available
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
Ethnicity
Koreans
Khmer, Northern Khmer
Origin
Before 1st century
14
Language Family
Koreanic Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
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
Not Available
Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
kore1280
khme1253
Linguasphere
45-AAA
Not Available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Analytic, Isolating
Korean and Khmer 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 Korean and Khmer greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Korean and Khmer language. Korean word for "Hello" is 안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.) or Khmer word for "Thank You" is សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak). Find more of such common Korean Greetings and Khmer Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Korean vs Khmer Difficulty
The Korean vs Khmer difficulty level basically depends on the number of Korean Alphabets and Khmer 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 Korean and Khmer are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Korean and Khmer, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Korean is 88 weeks while to learn Khmer time required is 44 weeks.