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Khmer vs Spanish


Spanish vs Khmer


Countries

Countries
Cambodia   
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
46   
1

National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam   
Spain   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands   

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

Minority Language
Australia, France, United States of America   
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española   

Interesting Facts
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  

Similar To
Lao Language   
French Language   

Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53   
32
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20   
17
5   
2

How Many Consonants
33   
23
22   
12

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   
hola   

Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)   
Gracias   

How Are You?
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ   
Cómo estás?   

Good Night
ND   
Buenas Noches   

Good Evening
ND   
Bonne soirée   

Good Afternoon
ND   
Buenas Tardes   

Good Morning
ND   
Buenos Días   

Please
ND   
Por Favor   

Sorry
ND   
triste   

Bye
ND   
adiós   

I Love You
ND   
Te Quiero   

Excuse Me
ND   
Discúlpeme   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Khmer   
Mexican Spanish   

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

How Many People Speak
1,400,000.00   
26
105,000,000.00   
5

Dialect 2
Khmer Krom   
Cuban Spanish   

Where They Speak
Vietnam   
Cuba   

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00   
24
11,000,000.00   
8

Dialect 3
Western Khmer   
Puerto Rican Spanish   

Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand   
Puerto Rico   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
3,900,000.00   
9

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
21   
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
16.00 million   
99+
489.00 million   
3

Speaking Population
0.24 %   
99+
6.15 %   
3

Native Speakers
13.00 million   
99+
410.00 million   
2

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
89.50 million   
9

Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)   
Español   

Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer   
Castellano, Castilian, Español   

French Name
khmer central   
espagnol; castillan   

German Name
Kambodschanisch   
Spanisch   

Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]   
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]   

Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer   
Not Available   

History

Origin
14   
210 BC   

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Romance   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Khmer   
Old Spanish and Spanish   

Standard Forms
Modern Khmer   
Pluricentric Standard Spanish   

Language Position
Not Available   
2   
2

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Spanish   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
km   
es   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
khm   
spa   

ISO 639 2/B
khm   
spa   

ISO 639 3
khm   
spa   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
khme1253   
stan1288   

Linguasphere
Not Available   
51-AAA-b   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Khmer and Spanish Language History

Comparison of Khmer vs Spanish language history gives us differences between origin of Khmer and Spanish language. History of Khmer language states that this language originated in 14 whereas history of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 BC. 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 Spanish Language History.

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

Khmer vs Spanish Difficulty

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

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