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Welsh vs Khmer


Khmer vs Welsh


Countries

Countries
Wales  
Cambodia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Wales  
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Argentina, United Kingdom  
Australia, France, United States of America  

Regulated By
Welsh Language Commissioner  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the Celtic language still spoken with great numbers of speakers is Welsh language.
  • Welsh was evolved from British , which was spoken by ancient Britons.
  
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  

Similar To
English Language  
Lao Language  

Derived From
British Language  
Pali and Sanskrit Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
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
4  
3
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
9
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Helô  
ND  

Thank You
Diolch  
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)  

How Are You?
Sut ydych chi?  
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ  

Good Night
Nos da  
ND  

Good Evening
Noswaith dda  
ND  

Good Afternoon
P'nawn da  
ND  

Good Morning
Bore da  
ND  

Please
os gwelwch yn dda  
ND  

Sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym  
ND  

Bye
Hwyl  
ND  

I Love You
Dw i'n dy garu di  
ND  

Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi  
ND  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh  
Northern Khmer  

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

How Many People Speak
38,000.00  
99+
1,400,000.00  
26

Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg  
Khmer Krom  

Where They Speak
Gwynedd  
Vietnam  

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

Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg  
Western Khmer  

Where They Speak
Powys  
Cambodia, Thailand  

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.40 million  
99+
16.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.24 %  
99+

Native Speakers
7.40 million  
99+
13.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg  
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)  

Alternative Names
Cymraeg  
Cambodian, Khmer  

French Name
gallois  
khmer central  

German Name
Kymrisch  
Kambodschanisch  

Pronunciation
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]  
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]  

Ethnicity
Welsh people  
Khmer, Northern Khmer  

History

Origin
9th Century  
14  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Celtic  
Not Available  

Branch
Brythonic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh  
Proto-Khmer  

Standard Forms
Welsh  
Modern Khmer  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
cy  
km  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
cym  
khm  

ISO 639 2/B
wel  
khm  

ISO 639 3
cym  
khm  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
wels1247  
khme1253  

Linguasphere
50-ABA  
Not Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Analytic, Isolating  

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Welsh and Khmer Language History

Comparison of Welsh vs Khmer language history gives us differences between origin of Welsh and Khmer language. History of Welsh language states that this language originated in 9th 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 Welsh and Khmer Language History.

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

Welsh vs Khmer Difficulty

The Welsh vs Khmer difficulty level basically depends on the number of Welsh 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 Welsh and Khmer are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Welsh and Khmer, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Welsh is 30 weeks while to learn Khmer time required is 44 weeks.

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