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Khmer vs Afrikaans


Afrikaans vs 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   
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

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

Alphabets
53   
32
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20   
17
15   
12

How Many Consonants
33   
23
17   
7

Scripts
Khmer   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
ND   
hallo   

Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)   
Dankie   

How Are You?
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ   
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   

Dialects

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   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
16.00 million   
99+
19.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.24 %   
99+
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   

History

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   

Code

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   

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Khmer and Afrikaans Language History

Comparison of Khmer vs Afrikaans language history gives us differences between origin of Khmer and Afrikaans language. History of Khmer language states that this language originated in 14 whereas history of Afrikaans language states that this language originated in 17th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Khmer and Afrikaans Language History.

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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.

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