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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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