Khmer and Shona
Countries
Cambodia
Zimbabwe
National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
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Interesting Facts
- Khmer is not the tonal language.
- Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
- Shona language is tonal language.
- The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
Similar To
Lao Language
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Time Taken to Learn
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Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
Waita zvako
How Are You?
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
Wakadini zvako?
Good Night
ND
Urare zvakanaka
Good Afternoon
ND
Masikati
Good Morning
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Mangwanani
Dialect 1
Northern Khmer
Hwesa
Where They Speak
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
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Dialect 2
Khmer Krom
Karanga
Where They Speak
Vietnam
southern Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
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Dialect 3
Western Khmer
Zezuru
Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
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Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
French Name
khmer central
shona
German Name
Kambodschanisch
Schona-Sprache
Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
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Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer
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Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
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Benue-Congo
Branch
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Bantu
Early Forms
Proto-Khmer
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Standard Forms
Modern Khmer
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Language Position
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Signed Forms
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Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
khme1253
core1255
Linguasphere
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99-AUT-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
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All Khmer and Shona 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 Shona dialects. Various dialects of Khmer and Shona language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Khmer are spoken in different Khmer Speaking Countries whereas Shona Dialects are spoken in different Shona speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Khmer vs Shona Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Khmer dialects include: Northern Khmer, Khmer Krom. Shona dialects include: Hwesa , Karanga. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Khmer and Shona Speaking population
Khmer and Shona speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khmer and Shona languages can be compared. The total count of Khmer and Shona Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khmer language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 %. 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 Shona on Khmer vs Shona where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Khmer and Shona Language Codes
Khmer and Shona language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Khmer and Shona Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.
