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Amharic and Khmer


Khmer and Amharic


Countries

Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.   
Cambodia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Ethiopia   
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Australia, France, United States of America   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
  • Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
  
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Lao Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Pali and Sanskrit Languages   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Amharic-1.jpg#200   
Khmer-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
33   
15
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
20   
17

How Many Consonants
31   
21
33   
23

Scripts
Ethiopic   
Khmer   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Selam   
ND   

Thank You
amesege'nallo'   
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)   

How Are You?
Dehina newot?   
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ   

Good Night
Dehna dur   
ND   

Good Evening
melkam meshe't   
ND   

Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu   
ND   

Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru   
ND   

Please
i'bakwon   
ND   

Sorry
aznallehu   
ND   

Bye
tschao   
ND   

I Love You
afekirishalehu   
ND   

Excuse Me
yiqirta   
ND   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gondar   
Northern Khmer   

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

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

Dialect 2
Gojjami   
Khmer Krom   

Where They Speak
Ethiopia   
Vietnam   

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

Dialect 3
Showa   
Western Khmer   

Where They Speak
Ethiopia   
Cambodia, Thailand   

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
6   
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.37 %   
35
0.24 %   
99+

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
13.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million   
23
Not Available   

Native Name
Not Available   
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)   

Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian   
Cambodian, Khmer   

French Name
amharique   
khmer central   

German Name
Amharisch   
Kambodschanisch   

Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]   
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]   

Ethnicity
Amharas   
Khmer, Northern Khmer   

History

Origin
13th century   
14   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Austroasiatic Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Not Available   

Branch
Ethiopic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ge'ez   
Proto-Khmer   

Standard Forms
Amharic   
Modern Khmer   

Language Position
55   
40
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Amharic   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
am   
km   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
amh   
khm   

ISO 639 2/B
amh   
khm   

ISO 639 3
amh   
khm   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
amha1245   
khme1253   

Linguasphere
12-ACB-a   
Not Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Analytic, Isolating   

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All Amharic 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 Amharic and Khmer dialects. Various dialects of Amharic and Khmer language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Amharic are spoken in different Amharic Speaking Countries whereas Khmer Dialects are spoken in different Khmer speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Amharic vs Khmer Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Amharic dialects include: Gondar, Gojjami. Khmer dialects include: Northern Khmer , Khmer Krom. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Amharic and Khmer Speaking population

Amharic and Khmer speaking population is one of the factors based on which Amharic and Khmer languages can be compared. The total count of Amharic and Khmer Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 % 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 Amharic and Khmer on Amharic vs Khmer where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Amharic and Khmer Language Codes

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

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