Countries
Cambodia
  
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
  
National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
  
Sweden
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Finland
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Antartica, Europe
  
Minority Language
Australia, France, United States of America
  
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
  
Interesting Facts
- Khmer is not the tonal language.
- Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  
- In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
Similar To
Lao Language
  
Norwegian and Danish Language
  
Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages
  
Old Norse Language
  
Alphabets in
Khmer-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Khmer
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ND
  
hej
  
Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
  
tacka dig
  
How Are You?
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
  
hur mår du
  
Good Night
ND
  
godnatt
  
Good Evening
ND
  
god kväll
  
Good Afternoon
ND
  
god eftermiddag
  
Good Morning
ND
  
god morgon
  
Please
ND
  
vänligen
  
Sorry
ND
  
ledsen
  
Bye
ND
  
hej då
  
I Love You
ND
  
jag älskar dig
  
Excuse Me
ND
  
ursäkta mig
  
Dialect 1
Northern Khmer
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
  
Gabon
  
How Many People Speak
1,400,000.00
  
26
78,000,000.00
  
6
Dialect 2
Khmer Krom
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
Vietnam
  
Georgia
  
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00
  
24
78,000,000.00
  
2
Dialect 3
Western Khmer
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand
  
France
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
96,000,000.00
  
1
How Many People Speak?
16.00 million
  
99+
15.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
13.00 million
  
99+
8.70 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
5.00 million
  
29
Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
  
Svenska
  
Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer
  
Ruotsi, Svenska
  
French Name
khmer central
  
suédois
  
German Name
Kambodschanisch
  
Schwedisch
  
Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
  
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
  
Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer
  
Swedes, Finland Swedes
  
Origin
14
  
13th Century
  
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Northern (Scandinavian)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Khmer
  
Old Swedish
  
Standard Forms
Modern Khmer
  
Standard Swedish
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
km
  
sv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
khm
  
swe
  
ISO 639 2/B
khm
  
swe
  
ISO 639 3
khm
  
swe
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
khme1253
  
swed1254
  
Linguasphere
Not Available
  
52-AAA-ck to -cw
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Not Available
  
Khmer and Swedish 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 Swedish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Khmer and Swedish language. Khmer word for "Hello" is ND or Swedish word for "Thank You" is tacka dig. Find more of such common Khmer Greetings and Swedish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Khmer vs Swedish Difficulty
The Khmer vs Swedish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Khmer Alphabets and Swedish 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 Swedish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Khmer and Swedish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Khmer is 44 weeks while to learn Swedish time required is 24 weeks.