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Xhosa vs Khmer


Khmer vs Xhosa


Countries

Countries
South Africa  
Cambodia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
South Africa  
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam  

Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho  
Australia, France, United States of America  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
  • The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
  
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  

Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele  
Lao Language  

Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages  
Pali and Sanskrit Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
20  
17

How Many Consonants
43  
32
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
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Molo  
ND  

Thank You
Ndiyabulela  
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)  

How Are You?
Unjani  
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ  

Good Night
Ulale kakuhle  
ND  

Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle  
ND  

Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle  
ND  

Good Morning
Molo  
ND  

Please
Ndicela  
ND  

Sorry
Ndicela uxolo  
ND  

Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle  
ND  

I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda  
ND  

Excuse Me
Uxolo  
ND  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gcaleka  
Northern Khmer  

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

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

Dialect 2
Thembu  
Khmer Krom  

Where They Speak
South Africa  
Vietnam  

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

Dialect 3
Hlubi  
Western Khmer  

Where They Speak
South Africa  
Cambodia, Thailand  

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
6  
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
0.24 %  
99+

Native Speakers
8.20 million  
99+
13.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
11.00 million  
21
Not Available  

Native Name
isiXhosa  
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)  

Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa  
Cambodian, Khmer  

French Name
xhosa  
khmer central  

German Name
Xhosa-Sprache  
Kambodschanisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]  

Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca  
Khmer, Northern Khmer  

History

Origin
16th 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
isiXhosa  
Modern Khmer  

Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
xh  
km  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
xho  
khm  

ISO 639 2/B
xho  
khm  

ISO 639 3
xho  
khm  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
xhos1239  
khme1253  

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa  
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  

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Xhosa and Khmer Language History

Comparison of Xhosa vs Khmer language history gives us differences between origin of Xhosa and Khmer language. History of Xhosa language states that this language originated in 16th 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 Xhosa and Khmer Language History.

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

Xhosa vs Khmer Difficulty

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

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