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Arabic and Khmer


Khmer and Arabic


Countries

Countries
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   
Cambodia   

Total No. Of Countries
23   
4
1   
14

National Language
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia   
Asia   

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

Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  

Similar To
Amharic and Hebrew   
Lao Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Pali and Sanskrit Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
28   
10
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
20   
17

How Many Consonants
28   
18
33   
23

Scripts
Arabic   
Khmer   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
مرحبا   
ND   

Thank You
شكرا   
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)   

How Are You?
كيف حالك؟   
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ   

Good Night
تصبح على خير   
ND   

Good Evening
مساء الخير   
ND   

Good Afternoon
مساء الخير   
ND   

Good Morning
صباح الخير   
ND   

Please
من فضلك   
ND   

Sorry
آسف   
ND   

Bye
وداعا   
ND   

I Love You
أحبك   
ND   

Excuse Me
اعذرني   
ND   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Maghrebi   
Northern Khmer   

Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia   
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America   

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

Dialect 2
Sudanese   
Khmer Krom   

Where They Speak
Sudan   
Vietnam   

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00   
6
1,200,000.00   
24

Dialect 3
Levantine   
Western Khmer   

Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant   
Cambodia, Thailand   

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00   
3
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
26   
22
6   
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
452.00 million   
4
16.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
4.43 %   
6
0.24 %   
99+

Native Speakers
206.00 million   
6
13.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
246.00 million   
2
Not Available   

Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية   
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)   

Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic   
Cambodian, Khmer   

French Name
arabe   
khmer central   

German Name
Arabisch   
Kambodschanisch   

Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/   
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]   

Ethnicity
Arabs   
Khmer, Northern Khmer   

History

Origin
512 CE   
14   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family   
Austroasiatic Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Not Available   

Branch
North Arabic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Proto-Khmer   

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic   
Modern Khmer   

Language Position
25   
21
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Arabic   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ar   
km   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ara   
khm   

ISO 639 2/B
ara   
khm   

ISO 639 3
ara   
khm   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
arab1395   
khme1253   

Linguasphere
12-AAC   
Not Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Analytic, Isolating   

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

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Arabic and Khmer Speaking population

Arabic and Khmer speaking population is one of the factors based on which Arabic and Khmer languages can be compared. The total count of Arabic and Khmer Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 % 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 Arabic and Khmer on Arabic vs Khmer where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Arabic and Khmer Language Codes

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

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