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Khmer and Swahili


Swahili and Khmer


Countries

Countries
Cambodia   
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
4   
11

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.
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Similar To
Lao Language   
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages   

Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages   
Arabic Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53   
32
24   
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20   
17
5   
2

How Many Consonants
33   
23
21   
11

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
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
ND   
Habari   

Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)   
Asante   

How Are You?
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ   
Habari gani?   

Good Night
ND   
Usiku mwema   

Good Evening
ND   
Habari za jioni   

Good Afternoon
ND   
nzuri Alasiri   

Good Morning
ND   
Habari za asubuhi   

Please
ND   
tafadhali   

Sorry
ND   
pole   

Bye
ND   
bye   

I Love You
ND   
nakupenda   

Excuse Me
ND   
Samahani   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Khmer   
Kiunguja   

Where They Speak
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America   
Zanzibar island   

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

Dialect 2
Khmer Krom   
Kimrima   

Where They Speak
Vietnam   
Dar es Salaam   

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

Dialect 3
Western Khmer   
Kimgao   

Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand   
Kilwa   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
16.00 million   
99+
150.00 million   
13

Speaking Population
0.24 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
13.00 million   
99+
15.00 million   
40

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   

History

Origin
14   
6th century   

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Not Available   
Bantu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Khmer   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Khmer   
Swahili   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
km   
sw   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
khm   
swa   

ISO 639 2/B
khm   
swa   

ISO 639 3
khm   
swa   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
khme1253   
swah1254   

Linguasphere
Not Available   
99-AUS-m   

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 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.

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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

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