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Yoruba vs Khmer


Khmer vs Yoruba


Countries

Countries
Benin, Nigeria   
Cambodia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Nigeria   
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
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America   
Australia, France, United States of America   

Regulated By
Yoruba Academy   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
  • In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.
  
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  

Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages   
Lao Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Pali and Sanskrit Languages   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200   
Khmer-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
29   
11
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
20   
17

How Many Consonants
17   
7
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
30 weeks   
9
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Ẹ n lẹ   
ND   

Thank You
e dupe   
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)   

How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa   
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ   

Good Night
Kasun layọ o   
ND   

Good Evening
ka a ale   
ND   

Good Afternoon
e kaasan   
ND   

Good Morning
e kaaro   
ND   

Please
Jowo   
ND   

Sorry
binu   
ND   

Bye
bye   
ND   

I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ   
ND   

Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara   
ND   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Itsekiri   
Northern Khmer   

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

How Many People Speak
500,000.00   
34
1,400,000.00   
26

Dialect 2
Ede   
Khmer Krom   

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo   
Vietnam   

How Many People Speak
800,000.00   
27
1,200,000.00   
24

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi   
Western Khmer   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
Cambodia, Thailand   

How Many People Speak
10,000.00   
34
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
20   
18
6   
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million   
36
16.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.42 %   
32
0.24 %   
99+

Native Speakers
28.00 million   
29
13.00 million   
99+

Native Name
Yorùbá   
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)   

Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba   
Cambodian, Khmer   

French Name
yoruba   
khmer central   

German Name
Yoruba-Sprache   
Kambodschanisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]   

Ethnicity
Yoruba people   
Khmer, Northern Khmer   

History

Origin
4 BC   
14   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Austroasiatic Family   

Subgroup
Western Sudanic   
Not Available   

Branch
Kwa   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Proto-Khmer   

Standard Forms
Yorùbá   
Modern Khmer   

Language Position
49   
36
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
yo   
km   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
yor   
khm   

ISO 639 2/B
yor   
khm   

ISO 639 3
yor   
khm   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
yoru1245   
khme1253   

Linguasphere
No data available   
Not Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Analytic, Isolating   

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Yoruba and Khmer Language History

Comparison of Yoruba vs Khmer language history gives us differences between origin of Yoruba and Khmer language. History of Yoruba language states that this language originated in 4 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 Yoruba and Khmer Language History.

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

Yoruba vs Khmer Difficulty

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

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