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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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