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Swahili vs Khmer


Khmer vs Swahili


Countries

Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya  
Cambodia  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
1  
14

National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania  
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Australia, France, United States of America  

Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
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  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  

Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages  
Lao Language  

Derived From
Arabic Language  
Pali and Sanskrit Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24  
6
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
20  
17

How Many Consonants
21  
11
33  
23

Scripts
Latin  
Khmer  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
10
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Habari  
ND  

Thank You
Asante  
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)  

How Are You?
Habari gani?  
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ  

Good Night
Usiku mwema  
ND  

Good Evening
Habari za jioni  
ND  

Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri  
ND  

Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi  
ND  

Please
tafadhali  
ND  

Sorry
pole  
ND  

Bye
bye  
ND  

I Love You
nakupenda  
ND  

Excuse Me
Samahani  
ND  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kiunguja  
Northern Khmer  

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

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

Dialect 2
Kimrima  
Khmer Krom  

Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam  
Vietnam  

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

Dialect 3
Kimgao  
Western Khmer  

Where They Speak
Kilwa  
Cambodia, Thailand  

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
150.00 million  
13
16.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.24 %  
99+

Native Speakers
15.00 million  
40
13.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Not Available  
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)  

Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili  
Cambodian, Khmer  

French Name
swahili  
khmer central  

German Name
Swahili  
Kambodschanisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]  

Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili  
Khmer, Northern Khmer  

History

Origin
6th century  
14  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
Not Available  

Branch
Bantu  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Khmer  

Standard Forms
Swahili  
Modern Khmer  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sw  
km  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
swa  
khm  

ISO 639 2/B
swa  
khm  

ISO 639 3
swa  
khm  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
swah1254  
khme1253  

Linguasphere
99-AUS-m  
Not Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Analytic, Isolating  

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Swahili and Khmer Language History

Comparison of Swahili vs Khmer language history gives us differences between origin of Swahili and Khmer language. History of Swahili language states that this language originated in 6th 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 Swahili and Khmer Language History.

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

Swahili vs Khmer Difficulty

The Swahili vs Khmer difficulty level basically depends on the number of Swahili 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 Swahili and Khmer are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Swahili and Khmer, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Swahili is 36 weeks while to learn Khmer time required is 44 weeks.

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