Khmer and Amharic
Countries
Cambodia
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
Ethiopia
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
Interesting Facts
- Khmer is not the tonal language.
- Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
- Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
- Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
Similar To
Lao Language
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)
Selam
Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
amesege'nallo'
How Are You?
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
Dehina newot?
Good Night
រាត្រីលា
Dehna dur
Good Evening
ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ
melkam meshe't
Good Afternoon
លើកលែងរសៀល
i'ndemin walu
Good Morning
អរុណប្រចាំឡើង
i'ndemin adäru
Bye
លាស់ជាស្រី (leah sah srey)
tschao
I Love You
បងបានស្រលាញ់អូន
afekirishalehu
Excuse Me
សូមទាញយក
yiqirta
Dialect 1
Northern Khmer
Gondar
Where They Speak
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
Gondar
Dialect 2
Khmer Krom
Gojjami
Where They Speak
Vietnam
Ethiopia
Dialect 3
Western Khmer
Showa
Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand
Ethiopia
Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
አማርኛ
Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
French Name
khmer central
amharique
German Name
Kambodschanisch
Amharisch
Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
[amarɨɲɲa]
Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer
Amharas
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Early Forms
Proto-Khmer
Ge'ez
Standard Forms
Modern Khmer
Amharic
Signed Forms
Khmer Sign Language
Signed Amharic
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
khme1253
amha1245
Linguasphere
48-ACB
12-ACB-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Fusional
All Khmer and Amharic 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 Amharic dialects. Various dialects of Khmer and Amharic language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Khmer are spoken in different Khmer Speaking Countries whereas Amharic Dialects are spoken in different Amharic speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Khmer vs Amharic Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Khmer dialects include: Northern Khmer, Khmer Krom. Amharic dialects include: Gondar , Gojjami. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Khmer and Amharic Speaking population
Khmer and Amharic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khmer and Amharic languages can be compared. The total count of Khmer and Amharic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khmer language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 %. 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 Amharic on Khmer vs Amharic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Khmer and Amharic Language Codes
Khmer and Amharic language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Khmer and Amharic Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.