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Khmer vs Shona


Shona vs Khmer


Countries

Countries
Cambodia  
Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam  
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe  

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.
  
  • Shona language is tonal language.
  • The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
  

Similar To
Lao Language  
Kalanga and Nambya Language  

Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
Not Available  

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
5  
2

How Many Consonants
33  
23
46  
34

Scripts
Khmer  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
Not Available  

Greetings

Hello
ND  
Mhoro  

Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)  
Waita zvako  

How Are You?
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ  
Wakadini zvako?  

Good Night
ND  
Urare zvakanaka  

Good Evening
ND  
Manheru  

Good Afternoon
ND  
Masikati  

Good Morning
ND  
Mangwanani  

Please
ND  
Ndinokumbirawo  

Sorry
ND  
Ndineurombo  

Bye
ND  
bye  

I Love You
ND  
Ndinokuda  

Excuse Me
ND  
Pamusoro  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Khmer  
Hwesa  

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

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

Dialect 2
Khmer Krom  
Karanga  

Where They Speak
Vietnam  
southern Zimbabwe  

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

Dialect 3
Western Khmer  
Zezuru  

Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand  
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland  

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
16.00 million  
99+
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
0.24 %  
99+
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
8.30 million  
99+

Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)  
Not Available  

Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer  
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru  

French Name
khmer central  
shona  

German Name
Kambodschanisch  
Schona-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer  
Not Available  

History

Origin
14  
20th century  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
Not Available  
Bantu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Khmer  
Not Available  

Standard Forms
Modern Khmer  
Not Available  

Language Position
Not Available  
107  
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
km  
sn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
khm  
sna  

ISO 639 2/B
khm  
sna  

ISO 639 3
khm  
sna  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
khme1253  
core1255  

Linguasphere
Not Available  
99-AUT-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Not Available  

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Khmer and Shona Language History

Comparison of Khmer vs Shona language history gives us differences between origin of Khmer and Shona language. History of Khmer language states that this language originated in 14 whereas history of Shona language states that this language originated in 20th 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 Shona Language History.

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

Khmer vs Shona Difficulty

The Khmer vs Shona difficulty level basically depends on the number of Khmer Alphabets and Shona 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 Shona are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Khmer and Shona, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Khmer is 44 weeks while to learn Shona time required is Not Available.

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