Khmer and Shona
Countries
Cambodia
Zimbabwe
National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
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.
- Shona language is tonal language.
- The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
Similar To
Lao Language
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hello
ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)
Mhoro
Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
Waita zvako
How Are You?
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
Wakadini zvako?
Good Night
រាត្រីលា
Urare zvakanaka
Good Evening
ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ
Manheru
Good Afternoon
លើកលែងរសៀល
Masikati
Good Morning
អរុណប្រចាំឡើង
Mangwanani
Please
សូម
Ndinokumbirawo
Bye
លាស់ជាស្រី (leah sah srey)
bye
I Love You
បងបានស្រលាញ់អូន
Ndinokuda
Excuse Me
សូមទាញយក
Pamusoro
Dialect 1
Northern Khmer
Hwesa
Where They Speak
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
Zimbabwe
Dialect 2
Khmer Krom
Karanga
Where They Speak
Vietnam
southern Zimbabwe
Dialect 3
Western Khmer
Zezuru
Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
chiShona
Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
French Name
khmer central
shona
German Name
Kambodschanisch
Schona-Sprache
Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
[ʃoːna]
Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer
Shona people
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Early Forms
Proto-Khmer
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Standard Forms
Modern Khmer
Standard Shona
Signed Forms
Khmer Sign Language
Signed Shona
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
khme1253
core1255
Linguasphere
48-ACB
99-AUT-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
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All Khmer and Shona 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 Shona dialects. Various dialects of Khmer and Shona language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Khmer are spoken in different Khmer Speaking Countries whereas Shona Dialects are spoken in different Shona speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Khmer vs Shona Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Khmer dialects include: Northern Khmer, Khmer Krom. Shona dialects include: Hwesa , Karanga. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Khmer and Shona Speaking population
Khmer and Shona speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khmer and Shona languages can be compared. The total count of Khmer and Shona Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khmer language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 %. 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 Shona on Khmer vs Shona where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Khmer and Shona Language Codes
Khmer and Shona language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Khmer and Shona Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.