Countries
Cambodia
  
Burma
  
National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
  
Burundi, Gambia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa, Asia
  
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.
  
- Kirundi language is tonal, since it has high and low essential tones.
- Kirundi Language is referred as a language where Meeussen's rule is active, this rule describes a certain pattern of tonal change in Bantu languages.
  
Similar To
Lao Language
  
Kinyarwanda Language
  
Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Khmer-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kirundi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Khmer
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
ND
  
Bwakeye
  
Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
  
Urakoze
  
How Are You?
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
  
Urakomeye?
  
Good Night
ND
  
Ijoro ryiza
  
Good Evening
ND
  
Mwiriwe
  
Good Afternoon
ND
  
Mwiriwe
  
Good Morning
ND
  
Mwaramutse
  
Please
ND
  
Ndagusavye
  
Sorry
ND
  
Not available
  
Bye
ND
  
N’agasaga
  
I Love You
ND
  
Not available
  
Excuse Me
ND
  
Not available
  
Dialect 1
Northern Khmer
  
Rwanda-Rundi
  
Where They Speak
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
  
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
  
How Many People Speak
1,400,000.00
  
26
20,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 2
Khmer Krom
  
Ha
  
Where They Speak
Vietnam
  
Tanzania
  
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00
  
24
Dialect 3
Western Khmer
  
Shubi
  
Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand
  
Tanzania
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
16.00 million
  
99+
8.80 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
13.00 million
  
99+
8.80 million
  
99+
Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
  
íkiRǔndi
  
Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer
  
Not Available
  
French Name
khmer central
  
rundi
  
German Name
Kambodschanisch
  
Kirundi
  
Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer
  
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
  
Origin
14
  
1500
  
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Khmer
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Khmer
  
Kirundi
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
km
  
rn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
khm
  
run
  
ISO 639 2/B
khm
  
run
  
ISO 639 3
khm
  
run
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
khme1253
  
rund1242
  
Linguasphere
Not Available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Not Available
  
Khmer and Kirundi 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 Kirundi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Khmer and Kirundi language. Khmer word for "Hello" is ND or Kirundi word for "Thank You" is Urakoze. Find more of such common Khmer Greetings and Kirundi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Khmer vs Kirundi Difficulty
The Khmer vs Kirundi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Khmer Alphabets and Kirundi 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 Kirundi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Khmer and Kirundi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Khmer is 44 weeks while to learn Kirundi time required is Not Available.