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Khmer vs Amharic


Amharic vs Khmer


Countries

Countries
Cambodia  
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam  
Ethiopia  

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  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  
  • Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
  • Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
  

Similar To
Lao Language  
Not Available  

Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Khmer-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Amharic-1.jpg#200  

Alphabets
53  
32
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
7  
4

How Many Consonants
33  
23
31  
21

Scripts
Khmer  
Ethiopic  

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
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
ND  
Selam  

Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)  
amesege'nallo'  

How Are You?
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ  
Dehina newot?  

Good Night
ND  
Dehna dur  

Good Evening
ND  
melkam meshe't  

Good Afternoon
ND  
i'ndemin walu  

Good Morning
ND  
i'ndemin adäru  

Please
ND  
i'bakwon  

Sorry
ND  
aznallehu  

Bye
ND  
tschao  

I Love You
ND  
afekirishalehu  

Excuse Me
ND  
yiqirta  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Khmer  
Gondar  

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

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

Dialect 2
Khmer Krom  
Gojjami  

Where They Speak
Vietnam  
Ethiopia  

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

Dialect 3
Western Khmer  
Showa  

Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand  
Ethiopia  

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
5  
5

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.24 %  
99+
0.37 %  
35

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
10.00 million  
23

Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)  
Not Available  

Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer  
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian  

French Name
khmer central  
amharique  

German Name
Kambodschanisch  
Amharisch  

Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]  
[amarɨɲɲa]  

Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer  
Amharas  

History

Origin
14  
13th century  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Semitic  

Branch
Not Available  
Ethiopic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Khmer  
Ge'ez  

Standard Forms
Modern Khmer  
Amharic  

Language Position
Not Available  
55  
40

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Amharic  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
km  
am  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
khm  
amh  

ISO 639 2/B
khm  
amh  

ISO 639 3
khm  
amh  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
khme1253  
amha1245  

Linguasphere
Not Available  
12-ACB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Fusional  

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Khmer and Amharic Language History

Comparison of Khmer vs Amharic language history gives us differences between origin of Khmer and Amharic language. History of Khmer language states that this language originated in 14 whereas history of Amharic language states that this language originated in 13th 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 Amharic Language History.

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Khmer and Amharic 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 Amharic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Khmer and Amharic language. Khmer word for "Hello" is ND or Amharic word for "Thank You" is amesege'nallo'. Find more of such common Khmer Greetings and Amharic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Khmer vs Amharic Difficulty

The Khmer vs Amharic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Khmer Alphabets and Amharic 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 Amharic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Khmer and Amharic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Khmer is 44 weeks while to learn Amharic time required is 44 weeks.

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