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Somali vs Khmer


Khmer vs 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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Somali and Khmer Language History

Comparison of Somali vs Khmer language history gives us differences between origin of Somali and Khmer language. History of Somali language states that this language originated in 19th 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 Somali and Khmer Language History.

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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.

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