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Khmer vs Spanish


Countries

Countries
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara  
Cambodia  

Total No. Of Countries
46  
1
1  
14

National Language
Spain  
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam  

Second Language
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America  
Asia  

Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom  
Australia, France, United States of America  

Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  

Similar To
French Language  
Lao Language  

Derived From
Latin  
Pali and Sanskrit Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
20  
17

How Many Consonants
22  
12
33  
23

Scripts
Latin  
Khmer  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
hola  
ND  

Thank You
Gracias  
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)  

How Are You?
Cómo estás?  
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ  

Good Night
Buenas Noches  
ND  

Good Evening
Bonne soirée  
ND  

Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes  
ND  

Good Morning
Buenos Días  
ND  

Please
Por Favor  
ND  

Sorry
triste  
ND  

Bye
adiós  
ND  

I Love You
Te Quiero  
ND  

Excuse Me
Discúlpeme  
ND  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish  
Northern Khmer  

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

How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00  
5
1,400,000.00  
26

Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish  
Khmer Krom  

Where They Speak
Cuba  
Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00  
8
1,200,000.00  
24

Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish  
Western Khmer  

Where They Speak
Puerto Rico  
Cambodia, Thailand  

How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00  
9
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
489.00 million  
3
16.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
6.15 %  
3
0.24 %  
99+

Native Speakers
410.00 million  
2
13.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
89.50 million  
9
Not Available  

Native Name
Español  
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)  

Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español  
Cambodian, Khmer  

French Name
espagnol; castillan  
khmer central  

German Name
Spanisch  
Kambodschanisch  

Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]  
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Khmer, Northern Khmer  

History

Origin
210 BC  
14  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish  
Proto-Khmer  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish  
Modern Khmer  

Language Position
2  
2
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Signed Spanish  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
es  
km  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
spa  
khm  

ISO 639 2/B
spa  
khm  

ISO 639 3
spa  
khm  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
stan1288  
khme1253  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-b  
Not Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Analytic, Isolating  

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Spanish and Khmer Language History

Comparison of Spanish vs Khmer language history gives us differences between origin of Spanish and Khmer language. History of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 BC 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 Spanish and Khmer Language History.

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

Spanish vs Khmer Difficulty

The Spanish vs Khmer difficulty level basically depends on the number of Spanish 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 Spanish and Khmer are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Spanish and Khmer, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Spanish is 24 weeks while to learn Khmer time required is 44 weeks.

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