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Khmer and Akan


Akan and Khmer


Countries

Countries
Cambodia  
Ghana, Ivory coast  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam  
Ghana  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
Australia, France, United States of America  
Benin, United States of America  

Regulated By
-  
Akan Orthography Committee  

Interesting Facts
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  
  • Ghana has over 100 ethnic groups living, and Akan is one of the largest tribe.
  • Akan language came in South America, notably Suriname and Jamaica through slave trade.
  

Similar To
Lao Language  
Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages  

Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
10  
7

How Many Consonants
33  
23
16  
6

Scripts
Khmer  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)  
ete-sen  

Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)  
meda ase  

How Are You?
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ  
wo ho te sɛn?  

Good Night
រាត្រីលា  
maadwo  

Good Evening
ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ  
maadwo  

Good Afternoon
លើកលែងរសៀល  
maaha  

Good Morning
អរុណ​ប្រចាំឡើង  
maakye  

Please
សូម  
wae  

Sorry
សូរី  
Kafra  

Bye
លាស់ជាស្រី (leah sah srey)  
bye  

I Love You
បងបានស្រលាញ់អូន  
Me doכ wo  

Excuse Me
សូមទាញយក  
mepa wo kyɛw  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Khmer  
Asante  

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

How Many People Speak
1,400,000.00  
99+
9,000,000.00  
39

Dialect 2
Khmer Krom  
Akuapem  

Where They Speak
Vietnam  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00  
99+
9,000,000.00  
38

Dialect 3
Western Khmer  
Fante  

Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00  
27
1,900,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.24 %  
99+
0.17 %  
99+

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
11.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
33
21.00 million  
29

Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)  
Akan  

Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer  
Twi, Fante  

French Name
khmer central  
akan  

German Name
Kambodschanisch  
Akan-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]  
[ˈaːkã]  

Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer  
Akan people  

History

Origin
14  
15  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Khmer  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Khmer  
Akan  

Language Position
1  
1
104  
99+

Signed Forms
Khmer Sign Language  
Akan Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
km  
ak  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
khm  
aka  

ISO 639 2/B
khm  
aka  

ISO 639 3
khm  
aka  

ISO 639 6
khm  
aka  

Glottocode
khme1253  
akan1251  

Linguasphere
48-ACB  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
-  

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

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Khmer and Akan Speaking population

Khmer and Akan speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khmer and Akan languages can be compared. The total count of Khmer and Akan Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khmer language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Akan language is 0.17 %. 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 Khmer and Akan on Khmer vs Akan where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Khmer and Akan Language Codes

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

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