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