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Khmer and Dutch


Countries

Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  
Cambodia  

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
1  
14

National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam  

Second Language
South Africa  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America  
Asia  

Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia  
Australia, France, United States of America  

Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
  • There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
  
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  

Similar To
German and English Languages  
Lao Language  

Derived From
-  
Pali and Sanskrit Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
20  
17

How Many Consonants
21  
11
33  
23

Scripts
Latin  
Khmer  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Hallo  
ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)  

Thank You
dankjewel  
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)  

How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?  
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ  

Good Night
goede Nacht  
រាត្រីលា  

Good Evening
goedenavond  
ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ  

Good Afternoon
goedemiddag  
លើកលែងរសៀល  

Good Morning
goedemorgen  
អរុណ​ប្រចាំឡើង  

Please
alsjeblieft  
សូម  

Sorry
sorry  
សូរី  

Bye
vaarwel  
លាស់ជាស្រី (leah sah srey)  

I Love You
Ik hou van jou  
បងបានស្រលាញ់អូន  

Excuse Me
pardon  
សូមទាញយក  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gronings  
Northern Khmer  

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

How Many People Speak
590,000.00  
99+
1,400,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Low Saxon  
Khmer Krom  

Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands  
Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00  
99+
1,200,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Limburgian  
Western Khmer  

Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands  
Cambodia, Thailand  

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00  
99+
16,000,000.00  
27

Total No. Of Dialects
7  
7
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million  
38
16.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.32 %  
40
0.24 %  
99+

Native Speakers
22.00 million  
35
13.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million  
99+
16.00 million  
33

Native Name
Nederlands  
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)  

Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands  
Cambodian, Khmer  

French Name
néerlandais; flamand  
khmer central  

German Name
Niederländisch  
Kambodschanisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]  
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]  

Ethnicity
Dutch people  
Khmer, Northern Khmer  

History

Origin
AD 450-500  
14  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
-  

Branch
Western  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch  
Proto-Khmer  

Standard Forms
Standard Dutch  
Modern Khmer  

Language Position
48  
99+
1  
1

Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)  
Khmer Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
nl  
km  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nld  
khm  

ISO 639 2/B
dut  
khm  

ISO 639 3
nld  
khm  

ISO 639 6
nld  
khm  

Glottocode
mode1257  
khme1253  

Linguasphere
52-ACB-a  
48-ACB  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Analytic, Isolating  

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All Dutch 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 Dutch and Khmer dialects. Various dialects of Dutch and Khmer language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Dutch are spoken in different Dutch Speaking Countries whereas Khmer Dialects are spoken in different Khmer speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Dutch vs Khmer Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Dutch dialects include: Gronings, Low Saxon. Khmer dialects include: Northern Khmer , Khmer Krom. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Dutch and Khmer Speaking population

Dutch and Khmer speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dutch and Khmer languages can be compared. The total count of Dutch and Khmer Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 % 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 Dutch and Khmer on Dutch vs Khmer where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Dutch and Khmer Language Codes

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

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