Countries
Countries
South Africa
Cambodia
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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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
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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
Alphabets
3253
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1520
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1733
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Khmer
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
34
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
hallo
ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)
Thank You
Dankie
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
Good Night
goeie nag
រាត្រីលា
Good Evening
Goeienaand
ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
លើកលែងរសៀល
Good Morning
goeie more
អរុណប្រចាំឡើង
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
7,700,000.001,400,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Khmer Krom
Where They Speak
-
Vietnam
How Many People Speak
7,700,000.001,200,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Western Khmer
Where They Speak
Namibia
Cambodia, Thailand
How Many People Speak
7.0016,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
36
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
19.00 million16.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.03 %0.24 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.10 million13.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
10.30 million16.00 million
0.01
400
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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
231
1
120
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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