Countries
Cambodia
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
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
Not Available
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Interesting Facts
- Khmer is not the tonal language.
- Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
Lao Language
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
Asante
How Are You?
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
Habari gani?
Good Night
ND
Usiku mwema
Good Evening
ND
Habari za jioni
Good Afternoon
ND
nzuri Alasiri
Good Morning
ND
Habari za asubuhi
Dialect 1
Northern Khmer
Kiunguja
Where They Speak
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
Zanzibar island
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Khmer Krom
Kimrima
Where They Speak
Vietnam
Dar es Salaam
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Western Khmer
Kimgao
Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand
Kilwa
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
Not Available
Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
French Name
khmer central
swahili
German Name
Kambodschanisch
Swahili
Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer
Swahili people or Waswahili
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Benue-Congo
Branch
Not Available
Bantu
Early Forms
Proto-Khmer
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Khmer
Swahili
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
khme1253
swah1254
Linguasphere
Not Available
99-AUS-m
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Not Available
All Khmer and Swahili 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 Swahili dialects. Various dialects of Khmer and Swahili language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Khmer are spoken in different Khmer Speaking Countries whereas Swahili Dialects are spoken in different Swahili speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Khmer vs Swahili Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Khmer dialects include: Northern Khmer, Khmer Krom. Swahili dialects include: Kiunguja , Kimrima. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Khmer and Swahili Speaking population
Khmer and Swahili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khmer and Swahili languages can be compared. The total count of Khmer and Swahili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khmer language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Swahili 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 Swahili on Khmer vs Swahili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Khmer and Swahili Language Codes
Khmer and Swahili language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Khmer and Swahili Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.
