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Arabic and Khmer


Countries

Countries
Cambodia  
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  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
23  
4

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

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa, Asia  

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

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

Interesting Facts
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Lao Language  
Amharic and Hebrew  

Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
28  
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
8  
5

How Many Consonants
33  
23
28  
18

Scripts
Khmer  
Arabic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
88 weeks  
19

Greetings

Hello
ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)  
مرحبا  

Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)  
شكرا  

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

Good Night
រាត្រីលា  
تصبح على خير  

Good Evening
ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ  
مساء الخير  

Good Afternoon
លើកលែងរសៀល  
مساء الخير  

Good Morning
អរុណ​ប្រចាំឡើង  
صباح الخير  

Please
សូម  
من فضلك  

Sorry
សូរី  
آسف  

Bye
លាស់ជាស្រី (leah sah srey)  
وداعا  

I Love You
បងបានស្រលាញ់អូន  
أحبك  

Excuse Me
សូមទាញយក  
اعذرني  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Khmer  
Maghrebi  

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

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

Dialect 2
Khmer Krom  
Sudanese  

Where They Speak
Vietnam  
Sudan  

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

Dialect 3
Western Khmer  
Levantine  

Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand  
Cyprus, Levant  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
26  
22

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.24 %  
99+
4.43 %  
6

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
206.00 million  
6

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
33
246.00 million  
2

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

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

French Name
khmer central  
arabe  

German Name
Kambodschanisch  
Arabisch  

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

Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer  
Arabs  

History

Origin
14  
512 CE  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family  

Subgroup
-  
Semitic  

Branch
-  
North Arabic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Khmer  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Khmer  
Modern Standard Arabic  

Language Position
1  
1
25  
23

Signed Forms
Khmer Sign Language  
Signed Arabic  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
km  
ar  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
khm  
ara  

ISO 639 2/B
khm  
ara  

ISO 639 3
khm  
ara  

ISO 639 6
khm  
ara  

Glottocode
khme1253  
arab1395  

Linguasphere
48-ACB  
12-AAC  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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

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Khmer and Arabic Speaking population

Khmer and Arabic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khmer and Arabic languages can be compared. The total count of Khmer and Arabic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khmer language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 %. 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 Arabic on Khmer vs Arabic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Khmer and Arabic Language Codes

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

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