Shona and Khmer
Countries
Zimbabwe
Cambodia
National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Australia, France, United States of America
Regulated By
Not Available
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- Shona language is tonal language.
- The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
- Khmer is not the tonal language.
- Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Lao Language
Derived From
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Pali and Sanskrit Languages
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Thank You
Waita zvako
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
ND
Good Afternoon
Masikati
ND
Good Morning
Mangwanani
ND
Dialect 1
Hwesa
Northern Khmer
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Karanga
Khmer Krom
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
Vietnam
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Zezuru
Western Khmer
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Cambodia, Thailand
Native Name
Not Available
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Cambodian, Khmer
French Name
shona
khmer central
German Name
Schona-Sprache
Kambodschanisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
Ethnicity
Not Available
Khmer, Northern Khmer
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Not Available
Branch
Bantu
Not Available
Early Forms
Not Available
Proto-Khmer
Standard Forms
Not Available
Modern Khmer
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
core1255
khme1253
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
Not Available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Analytic, Isolating
All Shona and Khmer Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Shona and Khmer dialects. Various dialects of Shona and Khmer language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Shona are spoken in different Shona Speaking Countries whereas Khmer Dialects are spoken in different Khmer speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Shona vs Khmer Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Shona dialects include: Hwesa, Karanga. Khmer dialects include: Northern Khmer , Khmer Krom. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Shona and Khmer Speaking population
Shona and Khmer speaking population is one of the factors based on which Shona and Khmer languages can be compared. The total count of Shona and Khmer Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Khmer language is 0.24 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Shona and Khmer on Shona vs Khmer where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Shona and Khmer Language Codes
Shona and Khmer language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Shona and Khmer Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.