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Afrikaans vs Khmer


Khmer vs Afrikaans


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
Cambodia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
South Africa   
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam   

Second Language
Namibia, South Africa   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia   

Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe   
Australia, France, United States of America   

Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
  • Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
  
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  

Similar To
Dutch Language   
Lao Language   

Derived From
Dutch Language   
Pali and Sanskrit Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32   
14
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15   
12
20   
17

How Many Consonants
17   
7
33   
23

Scripts
Latin   
Khmer   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
ND   

Thank You
Dankie   
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)   

How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit   
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ   

Good Night
goeie nag   
ND   

Good Evening
Goeienaand   
ND   

Good Afternoon
Goeie middag   
ND   

Good Morning
goeie more   
ND   

Please
asseblief   
ND   

Sorry
jammer   
ND   

Bye
Not Available   
ND   

I Love You
Ek het jou lief   
ND   

Excuse Me
Verskoon my   
ND   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans   
Northern Khmer   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,400,000.00   
26

Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans   
Khmer Krom   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Vietnam   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,200,000.00   
24

Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans   
Western Khmer   

Where They Speak
Namibia   
Cambodia, Thailand   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
6   
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.24 %   
99+

Native Speakers
7.10 million   
99+
13.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.30 million   
22
Not Available   

Native Name
Afrikaans   
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)   

Alternative Names
Cape Dutch   
Cambodian, Khmer   

French Name
afrikaans   
khmer central   

German Name
Afrikaans   
Kambodschanisch   

Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]   
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]   

Ethnicity
Afrikaners   
Khmer, Northern Khmer   

History

Origin
17th Century   
14   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Austroasiatic Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Not Available   

Branch
Western   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch   
Proto-Khmer   

Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans   
Modern Khmer   

Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
af   
km   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
afr   
khm   

ISO 639 2/B
afr   
khm   

ISO 639 3
afr   
khm   

ISO 639 6
afrs   
Not Available   

Glottocode
afri1274   
khme1253   

Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba   
Not Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic   
Analytic, Isolating   

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Afrikaans and Khmer Language History

Comparison of Afrikaans vs Khmer language history gives us differences between origin of Afrikaans and Khmer language. History of Afrikaans language states that this language originated in 17th Century whereas history of Khmer language states that this language originated in 14. 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 Afrikaans and Khmer Language History.

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Afrikaans 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 Afrikaans and Khmer greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Afrikaans and Khmer language. Afrikaans word for "Hello" is hallo or Khmer word for "Thank You" is សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak). Find more of such common Afrikaans Greetings and Khmer Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Afrikaans vs Khmer Difficulty

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

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