Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Cambodia
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)
Not Available
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
Not Available
Pali and Sanskrit Languages
Alphabets in
Dutch-Alphabets.jpg#200
Khmer-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
dankjewel
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
Good Night
goede Nacht
ND
Good Evening
goedenavond
ND
Good Afternoon
goedemiddag
ND
Good Morning
goedemorgen
ND
I Love You
Ik hou van jou
ND
Dialect 1
Gronings
Northern Khmer
Where They Speak
Netherlands
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
Dialect 2
Low Saxon
Khmer Krom
Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
Vietnam
Dialect 3
Limburgian
Western Khmer
Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands
Cambodia, Thailand
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
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
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Not Available
Branch
Western
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
Proto-Khmer
Standard Forms
Standard Dutch
Modern Khmer
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
mode1257
khme1253
Linguasphere
52-ACB-a
Not Available
Language Type
Historical
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Analytic, Isolating
Dutch 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 Dutch and Khmer greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Dutch and Khmer language. Dutch word for "Hello" is Hallo or Khmer word for "Thank You" is សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak). Find more of such common Dutch Greetings and Khmer Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Dutch vs Khmer Difficulty
The Dutch vs Khmer difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dutch 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 Dutch and Khmer are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dutch and Khmer, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dutch is 24 weeks while to learn Khmer time required is 44 weeks.