Countries
Cambodia
  
South Africa
  
National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
  
South Africa
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Namibia, South Africa
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Australia, France, United States of America
  
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
  
Interesting Facts
- Khmer is not the tonal language.
- Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
  
Similar To
Lao Language
  
Dutch Language
  
Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages
  
Dutch Language
  
Alphabets in
Khmer-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Khmer
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ND
  
hallo
  
Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
  
Dankie
  
How Are You?
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
  
Hoe gaan dit
  
Good Night
ND
  
goeie nag
  
Good Evening
ND
  
Goeienaand
  
Good Afternoon
ND
  
Goeie middag
  
Good Morning
ND
  
goeie more
  
Please
ND
  
asseblief
  
Sorry
ND
  
jammer
  
Bye
ND
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
ND
  
Ek het jou lief
  
Excuse Me
ND
  
Verskoon my
  
Dialect 1
Northern Khmer
  
Kaapse Afrikaans
  
Where They Speak
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
1,400,000.00
  
26
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Khmer Krom
  
Oranjeriverafrikaans
  
Where They Speak
Vietnam
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00
  
24
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Western Khmer
  
Baster Afrikaans
  
Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand
  
Namibia
  
How Many People Speak?
16.00 million
  
99+
19.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
13.00 million
  
99+
7.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
10.30 million
  
22
Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
  
Afrikaans
  
Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer
  
Cape Dutch
  
French Name
khmer central
  
afrikaans
  
German Name
Kambodschanisch
  
Afrikaans
  
Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
  
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
  
Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer
  
Afrikaners
  
Origin
14
  
17th Century
  
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Khmer
  
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
  
Standard Forms
Modern Khmer
  
Standard Afrikaans
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
km
  
af
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
khm
  
afr
  
ISO 639 2/B
khm
  
afr
  
ISO 639 3
khm
  
afr
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
afrs
  
Glottocode
khme1253
  
afri1274
  
Linguasphere
Not Available
  
52-ACB-ba
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Analytic
  
Khmer and Afrikaans Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Khmer and Afrikaans greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Khmer and Afrikaans language. Khmer word for "Hello" is ND or Afrikaans word for "Thank You" is Dankie. Find more of such common Khmer Greetings and Afrikaans Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Khmer vs Afrikaans Difficulty
The Khmer vs Afrikaans difficulty level basically depends on the number of Khmer Alphabets and Afrikaans Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Khmer and Afrikaans are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Khmer and Afrikaans, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Khmer is 44 weeks while to learn Afrikaans time required is 24 weeks.