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Dutch and Khmer


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
6  
9

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

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
South Africa  

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

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

Regulated By
-  
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)  

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

Similar To
Lao Language  
German and English Languages  

Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
6  
3

How Many Consonants
33  
23
21  
11

Scripts
Khmer  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)  
Hallo  

Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)  
dankjewel  

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

Good Night
រាត្រីលា  
goede Nacht  

Good Evening
ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ  
goedenavond  

Good Afternoon
លើកលែងរសៀល  
goedemiddag  

Good Morning
អរុណ​ប្រចាំឡើង  
goedemorgen  

Please
សូម  
alsjeblieft  

Sorry
សូរី  
sorry  

Bye
លាស់ជាស្រី (leah sah srey)  
vaarwel  

I Love You
បងបានស្រលាញ់អូន  
Ik hou van jou  

Excuse Me
សូមទាញយក  
pardon  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Khmer  
Gronings  

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

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

Dialect 2
Khmer Krom  
Low Saxon  

Where They Speak
Vietnam  
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands  

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

Dialect 3
Western Khmer  
Limburgian  

Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand  
Belgium, Netherlands  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
7  
7

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.24 %  
99+
0.32 %  
40

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
22.00 million  
35

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
33
6.00 million  
99+

Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)  
Nederlands  

Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer  
Hollands, Nederlands  

French Name
khmer central  
néerlandais; flamand  

German Name
Kambodschanisch  
Niederländisch  

Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]  
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]  

Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer  
Dutch people  

History

Origin
14  
AD 450-500  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Germanic  

Branch
-  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Modern Khmer  
Standard Dutch  

Language Position
1  
1
48  
99+

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

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
km  
nl  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
khm  
nld  

ISO 639 2/B
khm  
dut  

ISO 639 3
khm  
nld  

ISO 639 6
khm  
nld  

Glottocode
khme1253  
mode1257  

Linguasphere
48-ACB  
52-ACB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Historical  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Synthetic  

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

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Khmer and Dutch Speaking population

Khmer and Dutch speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khmer and Dutch languages can be compared. The total count of Khmer and Dutch Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khmer language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 %. 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 Dutch on Khmer vs Dutch where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Khmer and Dutch Language Codes

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

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