Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
  
Cambodia
  
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 in
Amharic-1.jpg#200
  
Khmer-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Ethiopic
  
Khmer
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Selam
  
ND
  
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
  
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
  
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
  
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
  
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
18.70 million
  
99+
16.00 million
  
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.