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Khmer and Zulu


Zulu and Khmer


Countries

Countries
Cambodia   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam   
South Africa   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa   

Minority Language
Australia, France, United States of America   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Pan South African Language Board   

Interesting Facts
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  
  • The meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
  • Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
  

Similar To
Lao Language   
Xhosa Language   

Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53   
32
57   
34

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20   
17
7   
4

How Many Consonants
33   
23
50   
35

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
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
ND   
Sawubona   

Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)   
Ngiyabonga   

How Are You?
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ   
unjani   

Good Night
ND   
okuhle ebusuku   

Good Evening
ND   
okuhle kusihlwa   

Good Afternoon
ND   
okuhle ntambama   

Good Morning
ND   
okuhle ekuseni   

Please
ND   
Ngiyacela   

Sorry
ND   
Ngiyaxolisa   

Bye
ND   
bye   

I Love You
ND   
Ngiyakuthanda wena   

Excuse Me
ND   
Uxolo   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Khmer   
Qwabe   

Where They Speak
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America   
Gabon, South Africa   

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

Dialect 2
Khmer Krom   
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu   

Where They Speak
Vietnam   
Georgia, South Africa   

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

Dialect 3
Western Khmer   
Ndebele   

Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand   
Zimbabwe   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
16.00 million   
99+
30.00 million   
36

Speaking Population
0.24 %   
99+
0.16 %   
99+

Native Speakers
13.00 million   
99+
12.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
16.00 million   
17

Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)   
isiZulu   

Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer   
Isizulu, Zunda   

French Name
khmer central   
zoulou   

German Name
Kambodschanisch   
Zulu-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer   
Zulu people   

History

Origin
14   
19   

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Not Available   
Beatu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Khmer   
urban Zulu   

Standard Forms
Modern Khmer   
Deep Zulu   

Language Position
Not Available   
87   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
km   
zu   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
khm   
zul   

ISO 639 2/B
khm   
zul   

ISO 639 3
khm   
zul   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
khme1253   
zulu1248   

Linguasphere
Not Available   
99-AUT-fg   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Not Available   

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

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Khmer and Zulu Speaking population

Khmer and Zulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khmer and Zulu languages can be compared. The total count of Khmer and Zulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khmer language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 %. 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 Zulu on Khmer vs Zulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Khmer and Zulu Language Codes

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

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