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Khmer and Somali


Somali and Khmer


Countries

Countries
Cambodia  
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam  
Somalia  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa, Middle East  

Minority Language
Australia, France, United States of America  
Yemen  

Regulated By
-  
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy  

Interesting Facts
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  
  • Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
  • One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
  

Similar To
Lao Language  
Afar and Oromo Language  

Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
5  
2

How Many Consonants
33  
23
21  
11

Scripts
Khmer  
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
52 weeks  
18

Greetings

Hello
ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)  
Hello  

Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)  
Waad ku mahadsan tahay  

How Are You?
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ  
Sidee tahay ?  

Good Night
រាត្រីលា  
Habeenka Good  

Good Evening
ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ  
Evening Good  

Good Afternoon
លើកលែងរសៀល  
galab wanaagsan  

Good Morning
អរុណ​ប្រចាំឡើង  
Subax wanaagsan  

Please
សូម  
Fadlan  

Sorry
សូរី  
sorry  

Bye
លាស់ជាស្រី (leah sah srey)  
caraysiiyo  

I Love You
បងបានស្រលាញ់អូន  
Waan ku jeclahay  

Excuse Me
សូមទាញយក  
iga raali ahow  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Khmer  
Northern Somali  

Where They Speak
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America  
Gabon, Standard Somali  

How Many People Speak
1,400,000.00  
99+
16,000,000.00  
32

Dialect 2
Khmer Krom  
Benaadir  

Where They Speak
Vietnam  
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu  

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00  
99+
16,000,000.00  
30

Dialect 3
Western Khmer  
Af-Ashraaf  

Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand  
Standard Somali  

How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00  
27
21.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.24 %  
99+
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
8.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
33
21.00 million  
29

Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)  
af Soomaali  

Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer  
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga  

French Name
khmer central  
somali  

German Name
Kambodschanisch  
Somali  

Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]  
[afsoomaali]  

Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer  
Somalis  

History

Origin
14  
19th century  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
-  
Cushitic  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Khmer  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Khmer  
Somali  

Language Position
1  
1
83  
99+

Signed Forms
Khmer Sign Language  
Somali Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
km  
so  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
khm  
som  

ISO 639 2/B
khm  
som  

ISO 639 3
khm  
som  

ISO 639 6
khm  
som  

Glottocode
khme1253  
soma1255  

Linguasphere
48-ACB  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
-  

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

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Khmer and Somali Speaking population

Khmer and Somali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khmer and Somali languages can be compared. The total count of Khmer and Somali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khmer language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Somali language is 0.07 %. 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 Somali on Khmer vs Somali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Khmer and Somali Language Codes

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

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