Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
  
Cambodia
  
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 in
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Khmer-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
  
Khmer
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hello
  
ND
  
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
  
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
  
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
  
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
  
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million
  
99+
16.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
Somali 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 Somali and Khmer greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Somali and Khmer language. Somali word for "Hello" is Hello or Khmer word for "Thank You" is សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak). Find more of such common Somali Greetings and Khmer Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Somali vs Khmer Difficulty
The Somali vs Khmer difficulty level basically depends on the number of Somali 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 Somali and Khmer are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Somali and Khmer, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Somali is 52 weeks while to learn Khmer time required is 44 weeks.