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Khmer and Norwegian


Norwegian and Khmer


Countries

Countries
Cambodia   
Norway   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam   
Norway   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Europe, South America   

Minority Language
Australia, France, United States of America   
Nynorsk   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Norwegian Language Council   

Interesting Facts
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  
  • Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
  • Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
  

Similar To
Lao Language   
Swedish and Danish Languages   

Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53   
32
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20   
17
9   
6

How Many Consonants
33   
23
20   
10

Scripts
Khmer   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
ND   
hallo   

Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)   
takk   

How Are You?
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ   
hvordan har du det?   

Good Night
ND   
god natt   

Good Evening
ND   
god kveld   

Good Afternoon
ND   
god ettermiddag   

Good Morning
ND   
god morgen   

Please
ND   
Vær så snill   

Sorry
ND   
unnskyld   

Bye
ND   
ha det   

I Love You
ND   
Jeg Elsker Deg   

Excuse Me
ND   
unnskyld meg   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Khmer   
Jamtlandic   

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

How Many People Speak
1,400,000.00   
26
30,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Khmer Krom   
Sognamål   

Where They Speak
Vietnam   
Sogn   

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

Dialect 3
Western Khmer   
Hallingmål-Valdris   

Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand   
Hallingdal, Valdres   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
19   
17

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.24 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
13.00 million   
99+
5.00 million   
99+

Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)   
Norsk   

Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer   
Norsk   

French Name
khmer central   
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien   

German Name
Kambodschanisch   
Nynorsk   

Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]   
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)   

Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer   
Norwegians   

History

Origin
14   
c. 1300 AD   

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Northern (Scandinavian)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Khmer   
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian   

Standard Forms
Modern Khmer   
Nynorsk, Bokmål   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Norwegian   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
km   
no   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
khm   
nor   

ISO 639 2/B
khm   
nor   

ISO 639 3
khm   
nor   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
khme1253   
norw1258   

Linguasphere
Not Available   
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Fusional   

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

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Khmer and Norwegian Speaking population

Khmer and Norwegian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khmer and Norwegian languages can be compared. The total count of Khmer and Norwegian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khmer language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Norwegian language is Not Available. 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 Norwegian on Khmer vs Norwegian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Khmer and Norwegian Language Codes

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

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