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Khmer and Haitian Creole


Haitian Creole and Khmer


Countries

Countries
Cambodia  
Haiti  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam  
Haiti  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Central America, North America  

Minority Language
Australia, France, United States of America  
Cuba  

Regulated By
-  
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)  

Interesting Facts
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  
  • In the year 1940, the first technical orthography for Haitian Creole was developed.
  • In Haiian Creole, the word 'creole' is of Latin origin via a Portuguese term that means, "person raised in one's house".
  

Similar To
Lao Language  
French Language  

Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
7  
4

How Many Consonants
33  
23
20  
10

Scripts
Khmer  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)  
Bonjou  

Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)  
Mèsi  

How Are You?
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ  
Kijan ou yé?  

Good Night
រាត្រីលា  
Bon nwit  

Good Evening
ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ  
Bonswa  

Good Afternoon
លើកលែងរសៀល  
Bon apre-midi  

Good Morning
អរុណ​ប្រចាំឡើង  
Bon apre-midi  

Please
សូម  
Souple  

Sorry
សូរី  
Dezole  

Bye
លាស់ជាស្រី (leah sah srey)  
Babay  

I Love You
បងបានស្រលាញ់អូន  
Mwen renmen w  

Excuse Me
សូមទាញយក  
Eskize m  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Khmer  
Northern Haitian Creole  

Where They Speak
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America  
Cap-Haitien  

How Many People Speak
1,400,000.00  
99+
12,000,000.00  
35

Dialect 2
Khmer Krom  
Central Haitian Creole  

Where They Speak
Vietnam  
Port-au-Prince  

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00  
99+
12,000,000.00  
34

Dialect 3
Western Khmer  
Southern Haitian Creole  

Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand  
Cayes  

How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00  
27
12,000,000.00  
29

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.24 %  
99+
0.15 %  
99+

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
9.60 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
33
12.00 million  
38

Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)  
Kreyòl ayisyen  

Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer  
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole  

French Name
khmer central  
haïtien; créole haïtien  

German Name
Kambodschanisch  
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)  

Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]  
[kɣejɔl]  

Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer  
Haitians  

History

Origin
14  
17th Century  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Khmer  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Khmer  
Haitian Creole  

Language Position
1  
1
99  
99+

Signed Forms
Khmer Sign Language  
Langue des Signes Haïtienne (LSH)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
km  
ht  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
khm  
hat  

ISO 639 2/B
khm  
hat  

ISO 639 3
khm  
hat  

ISO 639 6
khm  
hat  

Glottocode
khme1253  
hait1244  

Linguasphere
48-ACB  
51-AAC-cb  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
-  

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

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Khmer and Haitian Creole Speaking population

Khmer and Haitian Creole speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khmer and Haitian Creole languages can be compared. The total count of Khmer and Haitian Creole Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khmer language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Haitian Creole language is 0.15 %. 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 Haitian Creole on Khmer vs Haitian Creole where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Khmer and Haitian Creole Language Codes

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

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