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German and Khmer


Countries

Countries
Cambodia  
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
7  
8

National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam  
Germany  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
North Dakota, United States of America  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Australia, France, United States of America  
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Council for German Orthography  

Interesting Facts
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  

Similar To
Lao Language  
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages  

Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages  
Albanian Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
10  
7

How Many Consonants
33  
23
9  
1

Scripts
Khmer  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
30 weeks  
9

Greetings

Hello
ND  
hallo  

Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)  
Danke  

How Are You?
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ  
Wie geht es dir?  

Good Night
ND  
gute Nacht  

Good Evening
ND  
guten Abend  

Good Afternoon
ND  
guten Tag  

Good Morning
ND  
guten Morgen  

Please
ND  
bitte  

Sorry
ND  
Verzeihung  

Bye
ND  
Tschüs  

I Love You
ND  
Ich liebe dich  

Excuse Me
ND  
Entschuldigung  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Khmer  
Swiss German  

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

How Many People Speak
1,400,000.00  
26
4,500,000.00  
18

Dialect 2
Khmer Krom  
Swabian German  

Where They Speak
Vietnam  
Germany  

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00  
24
820,000.00  
26

Dialect 3
Western Khmer  
Texas German  

Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand  
Texas  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
6,000.00  
35

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
28  
23

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
16.00 million  
99+
229.00 million  
8

Speaking Population
0.24 %  
99+
1.39 %  
12

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
101.00 million  
10

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
128.00 million  
5

Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)  
Deutsch  

Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer  
Deutsch, Tedesco  

French Name
khmer central  
allemand  

German Name
Kambodschanisch  
Deutsch  

Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]  
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]  

Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer  
Germans  

History

Origin
14  
6th Century AD  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Germanic  

Branch
Not Available  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Khmer  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Khmer  
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German  

Language Position
Not Available  
9  
9

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed German  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
km  
de  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
khm  
deu  

ISO 639 2/B
khm  
ger  

ISO 639 3
khm  
deu  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
deus  

Glottocode
khme1253  
high1287, uppe1397  

Linguasphere
Not Available  
52-ACB–dl & -dm  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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

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Khmer and German Speaking population

Khmer and German speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khmer and German languages can be compared. The total count of Khmer and German Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khmer language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 %. 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 German on Khmer vs German where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Khmer and German Language Codes

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

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