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Khmer and Arabic


Arabic and Khmer


Countries

Countries
Cambodia   
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   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
23   
4

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

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa, Asia   

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

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

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

Similar To
Lao Language   
Amharic and Hebrew   

Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53   
32
28   
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20   
17
8   
5

How Many Consonants
33   
23
28   
18

Scripts
Khmer   
Arabic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
ND   
مرحبا   

Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)   
شكرا   

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

Good Night
ND   
تصبح على خير   

Good Evening
ND   
مساء الخير   

Good Afternoon
ND   
مساء الخير   

Good Morning
ND   
صباح الخير   

Please
ND   
من فضلك   

Sorry
ND   
آسف   

Bye
ND   
وداعا   

I Love You
ND   
أحبك   

Excuse Me
ND   
اعذرني   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Khmer   
Maghrebi   

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

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

Dialect 2
Khmer Krom   
Sudanese   

Where They Speak
Vietnam   
Sudan   

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

Dialect 3
Western Khmer   
Levantine   

Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand   
Cyprus, Levant   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
26   
22

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.24 %   
99+
4.43 %   
6

Native Speakers
13.00 million   
99+
206.00 million   
6

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
246.00 million   
2

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

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

French Name
khmer central   
arabe   

German Name
Kambodschanisch   
Arabisch   

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

Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer   
Arabs   

History

Origin
14   
512 CE   

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Semitic   

Branch
Not Available   
North Arabic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Khmer   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Khmer   
Modern Standard Arabic   

Language Position
Not Available   
25   
21

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Arabic   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
km   
ar   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
khm   
ara   

ISO 639 2/B
khm   
ara   

ISO 639 3
khm   
ara   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
khme1253   
arab1395   

Linguasphere
Not Available   
12-AAC   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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

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Khmer and Arabic Speaking population

Khmer and Arabic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khmer and Arabic languages can be compared. The total count of Khmer and Arabic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khmer language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 %. 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 Arabic on Khmer vs Arabic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Khmer and Arabic Language Codes

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

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