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Khmer and Amharic


Amharic and Khmer


Countries

Countries
Cambodia   
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam   
Ethiopia   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa   

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

Regulated By
Not Available   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Lao Language   
Not Available   

Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53   
32
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20   
17
7   
4

How Many Consonants
33   
23
31   
21

Scripts
Khmer   
Ethiopic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
ND   
Selam   

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

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

Good Night
ND   
Dehna dur   

Good Evening
ND   
melkam meshe't   

Good Afternoon
ND   
i'ndemin walu   

Good Morning
ND   
i'ndemin adäru   

Please
ND   
i'bakwon   

Sorry
ND   
aznallehu   

Bye
ND   
tschao   

I Love You
ND   
afekirishalehu   

Excuse Me
ND   
yiqirta   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Khmer   
Gondar   

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

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

Dialect 2
Khmer Krom   
Gojjami   

Where They Speak
Vietnam   
Ethiopia   

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

Dialect 3
Western Khmer   
Showa   

Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand   
Ethiopia   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
5   
5

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.24 %   
99+
0.37 %   
35

Native Speakers
13.00 million   
99+
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
10.00 million   
23

Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)   
Not Available   

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

French Name
khmer central   
amharique   

German Name
Kambodschanisch   
Amharisch   

Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]   
[amarɨɲɲa]   

Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer   
Amharas   

History

Origin
14   
13th century   

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Semitic   

Branch
Not Available   
Ethiopic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Khmer   
Ge'ez   

Standard Forms
Modern Khmer   
Amharic   

Language Position
Not Available   
55   
40

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Amharic   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
km   
am   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
khm   
amh   

ISO 639 2/B
khm   
amh   

ISO 639 3
khm   
amh   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
khme1253   
amha1245   

Linguasphere
Not Available   
12-ACB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Fusional   

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

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Khmer and Amharic Speaking population

Khmer and Amharic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khmer and Amharic languages can be compared. The total count of Khmer and Amharic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khmer language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 %. 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 Khmer and Amharic on Khmer vs Amharic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Khmer and Amharic Language Codes

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

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