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Khmer vs Swedish


Swedish vs Khmer


Countries

Countries
Cambodia   
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
4   
11

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

Alphabets in
Khmer-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
53   
32
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20   
17
9   
6

How Many Consonants
33   
23
18   
8

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   
hej   

Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)   
tacka dig   

How Are You?
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ   
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   

Dialects

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

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
79   
33

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
16.00 million   
99+
15.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.24 %   
99+
0.13 %   
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   

History

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   
89   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Khmer and Swedish Language History

Comparison of Khmer vs Swedish language history gives us differences between origin of Khmer and Swedish language. History of Khmer language states that this language originated in 14 whereas history of Swedish language states that this language originated in 13th 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 Swedish Language History.

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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.

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