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Shona vs Khmer


Khmer vs Shona


Countries

Countries
Zimbabwe  
Cambodia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

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
Not Available  
Pali and Sanskrit Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
Not Available  
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
20  
17

How Many Consonants
46  
34
33  
23

Scripts
Latin  
Khmer  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Mhoro  
ND  

Thank You
Waita zvako  
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)  

How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?  
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ  

Good Night
Urare zvakanaka  
ND  

Good Evening
Manheru  
ND  

Good Afternoon
Masikati  
ND  

Good Morning
Mangwanani  
ND  

Please
Ndinokumbirawo  
ND  

Sorry
Ndineurombo  
ND  

Bye
bye  
ND  

I Love You
Ndinokuda  
ND  

Excuse Me
Pamusoro  
ND  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Hwesa  
Northern Khmer  

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

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

Dialect 2
Karanga  
Khmer Krom  

Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe  
Vietnam  

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

Dialect 3
Zezuru  
Western Khmer  

Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland  
Cambodia, Thailand  

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million  
40
16.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.24 %  
99+

Native Speakers
8.30 million  
99+
13.00 million  
99+

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  

History

Origin
20th century  
14  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
Not Available  

Branch
Bantu  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Not Available  
Proto-Khmer  

Standard Forms
Not Available  
Modern Khmer  

Language Position
107  
99+
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sn  
km  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sna  
khm  

ISO 639 2/B
sna  
khm  

ISO 639 3
sna  
khm  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
core1255  
khme1253  

Linguasphere
99-AUT-a  
Not Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Analytic, Isolating  

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Shona and Khmer Language History

Comparison of Shona vs Khmer language history gives us differences between origin of Shona and Khmer language. History of Shona language states that this language originated in 20th century 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 Shona and Khmer Language History.

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

Shona vs Khmer Difficulty

The Shona vs Khmer difficulty level basically depends on the number of Shona 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 Shona and Khmer are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Shona and Khmer, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Shona is Not Available while to learn Khmer time required is 44 weeks.

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