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Khmer and Oromo


Oromo and Khmer


Countries

Countries
Cambodia   
Ethiopia, Kenya   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

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   
Somalia   

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.
  
  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  

Similar To
Lao Language   
Somali Language   

Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53   
32
34   
16

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20   
17
10   
7

How Many Consonants
33   
23
24   
14

Scripts
Khmer   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
ND   
akkam   

Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)   
Galatoomi   

How Are You?
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ   
Attam jirta/jirtu?   

Good Night
ND   
Nagayattii buli   

Good Evening
ND   
Akkam waarite   

Good Afternoon
ND   
Attam oolte / ooltan   

Good Morning
ND   
Attam bulte/bultan   

Please
ND   
Maaloo   

Sorry
ND   
naa dhiisi   

Bye
ND   
Nagayattii!   

I Love You
ND   
Sin jaaladha   

Excuse Me
ND   
Maaloo na dabarsi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Khmer   
Borana   

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

How Many People Speak
1,400,000.00   
26
4,000,000.00   
19

Dialect 2
Khmer Krom   
Orma   

Where They Speak
Vietnam   
Kenya   

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00   
24
66,000.00   
37

Dialect 3
Western Khmer   
Wata   

Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand   
Kenya   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
13,000.00   
33

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
17   
16

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
16.00 million   
99+
25.00 million   
40

Speaking Population
0.24 %   
99+
0.36 %   
36

Native Speakers
13.00 million   
99+
24.00 million   
33

Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)   
Afaan Oromo   

Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer   
Afaan Oromoo   

French Name
khmer central   
galla   

German Name
Kambodschanisch   
Galla-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer   
Oromos   

History

Origin
14   
16   

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Cushitic   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Khmer   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Khmer   
Afaan Oromo   

Language Position
Not Available   
91   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
km   
om   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
khm   
orm   

ISO 639 2/B
khm   
orm   

ISO 639 3
khm   
orm   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
khme1253   
nucl1736   

Linguasphere
Not Available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Not Available   

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

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Khmer and Oromo Speaking population

Khmer and Oromo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khmer and Oromo languages can be compared. The total count of Khmer and Oromo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khmer language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Oromo language is 0.36 %. 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 Oromo on Khmer vs Oromo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Khmer and Oromo Language Codes

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

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