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Khmer and Haitian Creole


Haitian Creole and Khmer


Countries

Countries
Cambodia   
Haiti   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam   
Haiti   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Central America, North America   

Minority Language
Australia, France, United States of America   
Cuba   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)   

Interesting Facts
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  
  • In the year 1940, the first technical orthography for Haitian Creole was developed.
  • In Haiian Creole, the word 'creole' is of Latin origin via a Portuguese term that means, "person raised in one's house".
  

Similar To
Lao Language   
French Language   

Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53   
32
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20   
17
7   
4

How Many Consonants
33   
23
20   
10

Scripts
Khmer   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
ND   
Bonjou   

Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)   
Mèsi   

How Are You?
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ   
Kijan ou yé?   

Good Night
ND   
Bon nwit   

Good Evening
ND   
Bonswa   

Good Afternoon
ND   
Bon apre-midi   

Good Morning
ND   
Bon apre-midi   

Please
ND   
Souple   

Sorry
ND   
Dezole   

Bye
ND   
Babay   

I Love You
ND   
Mwen renmen w   

Excuse Me
ND   
Eskize m   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Khmer   
Northern Haitian Creole   

Where They Speak
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America   
Cap-Haitien   

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

Dialect 2
Khmer Krom   
Central Haitian Creole   

Where They Speak
Vietnam   
Port-au-Prince   

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

Dialect 3
Western Khmer   
Southern Haitian Creole   

Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand   
Cayes   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.24 %   
99+
0.15 %   
99+

Native Speakers
13.00 million   
99+
9.60 million   
99+

Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)   
Kreyòl ayisyen   

Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer   
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole   

French Name
khmer central   
haïtien; créole haïtien   

German Name
Kambodschanisch   
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)   

Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]   
[kɣejɔl]   

Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer   
Haitians   

History

Origin
14   
17th Century   

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Khmer   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Khmer   
Haitian Creole   

Language Position
Not Available   
99   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
km   
ht   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
khm   
hat   

ISO 639 2/B
khm   
hat   

ISO 639 3
khm   
hat   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
khme1253   
hait1244   

Linguasphere
Not Available   
51-AAC-cb   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Not Available   

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

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Khmer and Haitian Creole Speaking population

Khmer and Haitian Creole speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khmer and Haitian Creole languages can be compared. The total count of Khmer and Haitian Creole Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khmer language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Haitian Creole language is 0.15 %. 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 Haitian Creole on Khmer vs Haitian Creole where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Khmer and Haitian Creole Language Codes

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

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