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Afrikaans and Khmer


Khmer and Afrikaans


Countries

Countries
South Africa  
Cambodia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
South Africa  
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe  
Australia, France, United States of America  

Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
  • Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
  
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  

Similar To
Dutch Language  
Lao Language  

Derived From
Dutch Language  
Pali and Sanskrit Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15  
12
20  
17

How Many Consonants
17  
7
33  
23

Scripts
Latin  
Khmer  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)  

Thank You
Dankie  
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)  

How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit  
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ  

Good Night
goeie nag  
រាត្រីលា  

Good Evening
Goeienaand  
ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ  

Good Afternoon
Goeie middag  
លើកលែងរសៀល  

Good Morning
goeie more  
អរុណ​ប្រចាំឡើង  

Please
asseblief  
សូម  

Sorry
jammer  
សូរី  

Bye
Totsiens  
លាស់ជាស្រី (leah sah srey)  

I Love You
Ek het jou lief  
បងបានស្រលាញ់អូន  

Excuse Me
Verskoon my  
សូមទាញយក  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans  
Northern Khmer  

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

How Many People Speak
7,700,000.00  
40
1,400,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans  
Khmer Krom  

Where They Speak
-  
Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
7,700,000.00  
99+
1,200,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans  
Western Khmer  

Where They Speak
Namibia  
Cambodia, Thailand  

How Many People Speak
7.00  
99+
16,000,000.00  
27

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
6  
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.03 %  
99+
0.24 %  
99+

Native Speakers
7.10 million  
99+
13.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.30 million  
40
16.00 million  
33

Native Name
Afrikaans  
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)  

Alternative Names
Cape Dutch  
Cambodian, Khmer  

French Name
afrikaans  
khmer central  

German Name
Afrikaans  
Kambodschanisch  

Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]  
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]  

Ethnicity
Afrikaners  
Khmer, Northern Khmer  

History

Origin
17th Century  
14  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
-  

Branch
Western  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch  
Proto-Khmer  

Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans  
Modern Khmer  

Language Position
23  
21
1  
1

Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)  
Khmer Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
af  
km  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
afr  
khm  

ISO 639 2/B
afr  
khm  

ISO 639 3
afr  
khm  

ISO 639 6
afrs  
khm  

Glottocode
afri1274  
khme1253  

Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba  
48-ACB  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic  
Analytic, Isolating  

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All Afrikaans and Khmer Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Afrikaans and Khmer dialects. Various dialects of Afrikaans and Khmer language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Afrikaans are spoken in different Afrikaans Speaking Countries whereas Khmer Dialects are spoken in different Khmer speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Afrikaans vs Khmer Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans, Oranjeriverafrikaans. Khmer dialects include: Northern Khmer , Khmer Krom. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Afrikaans and Khmer Speaking population

Afrikaans and Khmer speaking population is one of the factors based on which Afrikaans and Khmer languages can be compared. The total count of Afrikaans and Khmer Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is 0.03 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Khmer language is 0.24 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Afrikaans and Khmer on Afrikaans vs Khmer where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Afrikaans and Khmer Language Codes

Afrikaans and Khmer language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Afrikaans and Khmer Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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