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Khmer vs Xhosa


Xhosa vs Khmer


Countries

Countries
Cambodia  
South Africa  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam  
South Africa  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Lesotho, South Africa  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
Australia, France, United States of America  
Botswana, Lesotho  

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.
  
  • Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
  • The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
  

Similar To
Lao Language  
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele  

Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages  
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
10  
7

How Many Consonants
33  
23
43  
32

Scripts
Khmer  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
ND  
Molo  

Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)  
Ndiyabulela  

How Are You?
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ  
Unjani  

Good Night
ND  
Ulale kakuhle  

Good Evening
ND  
Ubusuku obuhle  

Good Afternoon
ND  
Uben' emva kwemini entle  

Good Morning
ND  
Molo  

Please
ND  
Ndicela  

Sorry
ND  
Ndicela uxolo  

Bye
ND  
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle  

I Love You
ND  
Ndiyakuthanda  

Excuse Me
ND  
Uxolo  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Khmer  
Gcaleka  

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

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

Dialect 2
Khmer Krom  
Thembu  

Where They Speak
Vietnam  
South Africa  

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

Dialect 3
Western Khmer  
Hlubi  

Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand  
South Africa  

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
9  
9

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.24 %  
99+
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
8.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
11.00 million  
21

Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)  
isiXhosa  

Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer  
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa  

French Name
khmer central  
xhosa  

German Name
Kambodschanisch  
Xhosa-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer  
amaXhosa, amaBhaca  

History

Origin
14  
16th Century  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
Not Available  
Bantu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Khmer  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Khmer  
isiXhosa  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Xhosa  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
km  
xh  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
khm  
xho  

ISO 639 2/B
khm  
xho  

ISO 639 3
khm  
xho  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
khme1253  
xhos1239  

Linguasphere
Not Available  
99-AUT-fa  

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 Xhosa Language History

Comparison of Khmer vs Xhosa language history gives us differences between origin of Khmer and Xhosa language. History of Khmer language states that this language originated in 14 whereas history of Xhosa language states that this language originated in 16th 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 Xhosa Language History.

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

Khmer vs Xhosa Difficulty

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

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