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Khmer vs Dutch


Dutch vs Khmer


Countries

Countries
Cambodia   
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
6   
9

National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam   
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
South Africa   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia, Europe, North America, South America   

Minority Language
Australia, France, United States of America   
France, Germany, Indonesia   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)   

Interesting Facts
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  
  • Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
  • There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
  

Similar To
Lao Language   
German and English Languages   

Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53   
32
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20   
17
6   
3

How Many Consonants
33   
23
21   
11

Scripts
Khmer   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
ND   
Hallo   

Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)   
dankjewel   

How Are You?
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ   
hoe gaat het met je?   

Good Night
ND   
goede Nacht   

Good Evening
ND   
goedenavond   

Good Afternoon
ND   
goedemiddag   

Good Morning
ND   
goedemorgen   

Please
ND   
alsjeblieft   

Sorry
ND   
sorry   

Bye
ND   
vaarwel   

I Love You
ND   
Ik hou van jou   

Excuse Me
ND   
pardon   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Khmer   
Gronings   

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

How Many People Speak
1,400,000.00   
26
590,000.00   
32

Dialect 2
Khmer Krom   
Low Saxon   

Where They Speak
Vietnam   
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands   

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00   
24
4,000,000.00   
16

Dialect 3
Western Khmer   
Limburgian   

Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand   
Belgium, Netherlands   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,300,000.00   
18

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
7   
7

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
16.00 million   
99+
28.00 million   
38

Speaking Population
0.24 %   
99+
0.32 %   
38

Native Speakers
13.00 million   
99+
22.00 million   
35

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
6.00 million   
25

Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)   
Nederlands   

Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer   
Hollands, Nederlands   

French Name
khmer central   
néerlandais; flamand   

German Name
Kambodschanisch   
Niederländisch   

Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]   
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]   

Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer   
Dutch people   

History

Origin
14   
AD 450-500   

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Khmer   
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch   

Standard Forms
Modern Khmer   
Standard Dutch   

Language Position
Not Available   
48   
35

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
km   
nl   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
khm   
nld   

ISO 639 2/B
khm   
dut   

ISO 639 3
khm   
nld   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
khme1253   
mode1257   

Linguasphere
Not Available   
52-ACB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Historical   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Synthetic   

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Khmer and Dutch Language History

Comparison of Khmer vs Dutch language history gives us differences between origin of Khmer and Dutch language. History of Khmer language states that this language originated in 14 whereas history of Dutch language states that this language originated in AD 450-500. 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 Dutch Language History.

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

Khmer vs Dutch Difficulty

The Khmer vs Dutch difficulty level basically depends on the number of Khmer Alphabets and Dutch 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 Dutch are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Khmer and Dutch, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Khmer is 44 weeks while to learn Dutch time required is 24 weeks.

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