Is Khmer a dialect?

Is Khmer a dialect?

Khmer language, also called Cambodian, Mon-Khmer language spoken by most of the population of Cambodia, where it is the official language, and by some 1.3 million people in southeastern Thailand, and also by more than a million people in southern Vietnam.

How close is Khmer to Vietnamese?

Very different, although they are related. Both belong to the same language family, although in different branches. Both Vietnamese and Khmer are Austro-Asiatic languages. Other languages belonging to this family are Mon, Wa and Palaung, for instance.

Is Khmer an easy language?

Khmer is a truly difficult language for Westerners to learn, harder than Mandarin to speak, and harder than anything other than Chinese or Japanese to read. There are several difficulties. To top it off, there is no standard, intuitive system to transcribe Khmer into the Latin alphabet.

How many dialects are there in Khmer?

three
Khmer has three main dialects that form a continuum running from north to south: Standard Khmer spoken by more educated people in larger cities like Phnom Penh and Siem Reap. It is mutually intelligible with the other dialects, but not all dialects are mutually intelligible among themselves.

How many Cambodian dialects are there?

Different regions of the country have their own dialects. However, not all of these are official dialects and, in fact, there are only three official dialects in the country.

Does Khmer have a written language?

Khmer is primarily an analytic, isolating language. The language has been written in the Khmer script, an abugida descended from the Brahmi script via the southern Indian Pallava script, since at least the seventh century.

How do you say goodnight in Khmer?

Réatri Suŏ Sdei (រាត្រីសួស្តី ) This is the common way to say Goodnight in Cambodia whether spoken or written. You can use this both for formal and informal communication.