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Norwegian vs Khmer


Khmer vs Norwegian


Countries

Countries
Norway  
Cambodia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Norway  
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe, South America  
Asia  

Minority Language
Nynorsk  
Australia, France, United States of America  

Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
  • Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
  
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  

Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages  
Lao Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Pali and Sanskrit Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
20  
17

How Many Consonants
20  
10
33  
23

Scripts
Latin  
Khmer  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
ND  

Thank You
takk  
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)  

How Are You?
hvordan har du det?  
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ  

Good Night
god natt  
ND  

Good Evening
god kveld  
ND  

Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag  
ND  

Good Morning
god morgen  
ND  

Please
Vær så snill  
ND  

Sorry
unnskyld  
ND  

Bye
ha det  
ND  

I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg  
ND  

Excuse Me
unnskyld meg  
ND  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jamtlandic  
Northern Khmer  

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

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
1,400,000.00  
26

Dialect 2
Sognamål  
Khmer Krom  

Where They Speak
Sogn  
Vietnam  

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

Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris  
Western Khmer  

Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres  
Cambodia, Thailand  

Total No. Of Dialects
19  
17
6  
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.24 %  
99+

Native Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
13.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Norsk  
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)  

Alternative Names
Norsk  
Cambodian, Khmer  

French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien  
khmer central  

German Name
Nynorsk  
Kambodschanisch  

Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)  
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]  

Ethnicity
Norwegians  
Khmer, Northern Khmer  

History

Origin
c. 1300 AD  
14  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Not Available  

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian  
Proto-Khmer  

Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål  
Modern Khmer  

Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian  
Not Available  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
no  
km  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nor  
khm  

ISO 639 2/B
nor  
khm  

ISO 639 3
nor  
khm  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
norw1258  
khme1253  

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg  
Not Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Analytic, Isolating  

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Norwegian and Khmer Language History

Comparison of Norwegian vs Khmer language history gives us differences between origin of Norwegian and Khmer language. History of Norwegian language states that this language originated in c. 1300 AD whereas history of Khmer language states that this language originated in 14. 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 Norwegian and Khmer Language History.

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Norwegian and Khmer 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 Norwegian and Khmer greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Norwegian and Khmer language. Norwegian word for "Hello" is hallo or Khmer word for "Thank You" is សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak). Find more of such common Norwegian Greetings and Khmer Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Norwegian vs Khmer Difficulty

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

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