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Arabic vs Khmer


Khmer vs Arabic


Countries

Countries
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  
Cambodia  

Total No. Of Countries
23  
4
1  
14

National Language
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Australia, France, United States of America  

Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  

Similar To
Amharic and Hebrew  
Lao Language  

Derived From
-  
Pali and Sanskrit Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
28  
10
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
20  
17

How Many Consonants
28  
18
33  
23

Scripts
Arabic  
Khmer  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
مرحبا  
ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)  

Thank You
شكرا  
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)  

How Are You?
كيف حالك؟  
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ  

Good Night
تصبح على خير  
រាត្រីលា  

Good Evening
مساء الخير  
ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ  

Good Afternoon
مساء الخير  
លើកលែងរសៀល  

Good Morning
صباح الخير  
អរុណ​ប្រចាំឡើង  

Please
من فضلك  
សូម  

Sorry
آسف  
សូរី  

Bye
وداعا  
លាស់ជាស្រី (leah sah srey)  

I Love You
أحبك  
បងបានស្រលាញ់អូន  

Excuse Me
اعذرني  
សូមទាញយក  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Maghrebi  
Northern Khmer  

Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia  
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
310,000,000.00  
2
1,400,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Sudanese  
Khmer Krom  

Where They Speak
Sudan  
Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
29
1,200,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Levantine  
Western Khmer  

Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant  
Cambodia, Thailand  

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00  
23
16,000,000.00  
27

Total No. Of Dialects
26  
22
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
452.00 million  
4
16.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
4.43 %  
6
0.24 %  
99+

Native Speakers
206.00 million  
6
13.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
246.00 million  
2
16.00 million  
33

Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية  
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)  

Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic  
Cambodian, Khmer  

French Name
arabe  
khmer central  

German Name
Arabisch  
Kambodschanisch  

Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/  
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]  

Ethnicity
Arabs  
Khmer, Northern Khmer  

History

Origin
512 CE  
14  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
-  

Branch
North Arabic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Khmer  

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic  
Modern Khmer  

Language Position
25  
23
1  
1

Signed Forms
Signed Arabic  
Khmer Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ar  
km  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ara  
khm  

ISO 639 2/B
ara  
khm  

ISO 639 3
ara  
khm  

ISO 639 6
ara  
khm  

Glottocode
arab1395  
khme1253  

Linguasphere
12-AAC  
48-ACB  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Analytic, Isolating  

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Arabic and Khmer Language History

Comparison of Arabic vs Khmer language history gives us differences between origin of Arabic and Khmer language. History of Arabic language states that this language originated in 512 CE 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 Arabic and Khmer Language History.

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

Arabic vs Khmer Difficulty

The Arabic vs Khmer difficulty level basically depends on the number of Arabic 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 Arabic and Khmer are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Arabic and Khmer, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Arabic is 88 weeks while to learn Khmer time required is 44 weeks.

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