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Khmer and Oromo


Oromo and Khmer


Countries

Countries
Cambodia  
Ethiopia, Kenya  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

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  
Somalia  

Regulated By
-  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  
  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  

Similar To
Lao Language  
Somali Language  

Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
34  
16

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
10  
7

How Many Consonants
33  
23
24  
14

Scripts
Khmer  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)  
akkam  

Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)  
Galatoomi  

How Are You?
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ  
Attam jirta/jirtu?  

Good Night
រាត្រីលា  
Nagayattii buli  

Good Evening
ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ  
Akkam waarite  

Good Afternoon
លើកលែងរសៀល  
Attam oolte / ooltan  

Good Morning
អរុណ​ប្រចាំឡើង  
Attam bulte/bultan  

Please
សូម  
Maaloo  

Sorry
សូរី  
naa dhiisi  

Bye
លាស់ជាស្រី (leah sah srey)  
Nagayattii!  

I Love You
បងបានស្រលាញ់អូន  
Sin jaaladha  

Excuse Me
សូមទាញយក  
Maaloo na dabarsi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Khmer  
Borana  

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

How Many People Speak
1,400,000.00  
99+
4,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Khmer Krom  
Orma  

Where They Speak
Vietnam  
Kenya  

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00  
99+
66,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Western Khmer  
Wata  

Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand  
Kenya  

How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00  
27
13,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
17  
16

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
16.00 million  
99+
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
0.24 %  
99+
0.36 %  
38

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
24.00 million  
33

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
33
35.00 million  
24

Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)  
Afaan Oromo  

Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer  
Afaan Oromoo  

French Name
khmer central  
galla  

German Name
Kambodschanisch  
Galla-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]  
[ɔrɔmɔ]  

Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer  
Oromos  

History

Origin
14  
16  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
-  
Cushitic  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Khmer  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Khmer  
Afaan Oromo  

Language Position
1  
1
91  
99+

Signed Forms
Khmer Sign Language  
Oromo Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
km  
om  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
khm  
orm  

ISO 639 2/B
khm  
orm  

ISO 639 3
khm  
orm  

ISO 639 6
khm  
orm  

Glottocode
khme1253  
nucl1736  

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

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Khmer and Oromo Speaking population

Khmer and Oromo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khmer and Oromo languages can be compared. The total count of Khmer and Oromo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khmer language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Oromo language is 0.36 %. 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 Oromo on Khmer vs Oromo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Khmer and Oromo Language Codes

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

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