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Somali and Khmer


Khmer and Somali


Countries

Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia   
Cambodia   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
1   
14

National Language
Somalia   
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East   
Asia   

Minority Language
Yemen   
Australia, France, United States of America   

Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
  • One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
  
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  

Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language   
Lao Language   

Derived From
Arabic Language   
Pali and Sanskrit Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
20   
17

How Many Consonants
21   
11
33   
23

Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya   
Khmer   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks   
12
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Hello   
ND   

Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay   
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)   

How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?   
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ   

Good Night
Habeenka Good   
ND   

Good Evening
Evening Good   
ND   

Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan   
ND   

Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan   
ND   

Please
Fadlan   
ND   

Sorry
sorry   
ND   

Bye
caraysiiyo   
ND   

I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay   
ND   

Excuse Me
iga raali ahow   
ND   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Somali   
Northern Khmer   

Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali   
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America   

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

Dialect 2
Benaadir   
Khmer Krom   

Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu   
Vietnam   

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

Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf   
Western Khmer   

Where They Speak
Standard Somali   
Cambodia, Thailand   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
6   
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.24 %   
99+

Native Speakers
8.00 million   
99+
13.00 million   
99+

Native Name
af Soomaali   
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)   

Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga   
Cambodian, Khmer   

French Name
somali   
khmer central   

German Name
Somali   
Kambodschanisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]   

Ethnicity
Somalis   
Khmer, Northern Khmer   

History

Origin
19th century   
14   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Austroasiatic Family   

Subgroup
Cushitic   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Proto-Khmer   

Standard Forms
Somali   
Modern Khmer   

Language Position
83   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
so   
km   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
som   
khm   

ISO 639 2/B
som   
khm   

ISO 639 3
som   
khm   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
soma1255   
khme1253   

Linguasphere
No data available   
Not Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Analytic, Isolating   

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All Somali 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 Somali and Khmer dialects. Various dialects of Somali and Khmer language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Somali are spoken in different Somali Speaking Countries whereas Khmer Dialects are spoken in different Khmer speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Somali vs Khmer Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Somali dialects include: Northern Somali, Benaadir. Khmer dialects include: Northern Khmer , Khmer Krom. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Somali and Khmer Speaking population

Somali and Khmer speaking population is one of the factors based on which Somali and Khmer languages can be compared. The total count of Somali and Khmer Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Somali language is Not Available 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 Somali and Khmer on Somali vs Khmer where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Somali and Khmer Language Codes

Somali and Khmer language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Somali and Khmer Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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