Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
  
Cambodia
  
National Language
Sweden
  
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
  
Second Language
Finland
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Antartica, Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Australia, France, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
- Khmer is not the tonal language.
- Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  
Similar To
Norwegian and Danish Language
  
Lao Language
  
Derived From
Old Norse Language
  
Pali and Sanskrit Languages
  
Alphabets in
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200
  
Khmer-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Khmer
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
hej
  
ND
  
Thank You
tacka dig
  
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
  
How Are You?
hur mår du
  
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
  
Good Night
godnatt
  
ND
  
Good Evening
god kväll
  
ND
  
Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag
  
ND
  
Good Morning
god morgon
  
ND
  
Please
vänligen
  
ND
  
Sorry
ledsen
  
ND
  
Bye
hej då
  
ND
  
I Love You
jag älskar dig
  
ND
  
Excuse Me
ursäkta mig
  
ND
  
Dialect 1
Dialects
  
Northern Khmer
  
Where They Speak
Gabon
  
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00
  
6
1,400,000.00
  
26
Dialect 2
Dialects
  
Khmer Krom
  
Where They Speak
Georgia
  
Vietnam
  
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00
  
2
1,200,000.00
  
24
Dialect 3
Dialects
  
Western Khmer
  
Where They Speak
France
  
Cambodia, Thailand
  
How Many People Speak
96,000,000.00
  
1
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
15.00 million
  
99+
16.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
8.70 million
  
99+
13.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million
  
29
Not Available
  
Native Name
Svenska
  
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
  
Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska
  
Cambodian, Khmer
  
French Name
suédois
  
khmer central
  
German Name
Schwedisch
  
Kambodschanisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
  
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
  
Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes
  
Khmer, Northern Khmer
  
Origin
13th Century
  
14
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austroasiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Germanic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Swedish
  
Proto-Khmer
  
Standard Forms
Standard Swedish
  
Modern Khmer
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sv
  
km
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
swe
  
khm
  
ISO 639 2/B
swe
  
khm
  
ISO 639 3
swe
  
khm
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
swed1254
  
khme1253
  
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw
  
Not Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Analytic, Isolating
  
Swedish 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 Swedish and Khmer greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Swedish and Khmer language. Swedish word for "Hello" is hej or Khmer word for "Thank You" is សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak). Find more of such common Swedish Greetings and Khmer Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Swedish vs Khmer Difficulty
The Swedish vs Khmer difficulty level basically depends on the number of Swedish 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 Swedish and Khmer are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Swedish and Khmer, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Swedish is 24 weeks while to learn Khmer time required is 44 weeks.