Khmer and Somali
Countries
Cambodia
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
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
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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 in
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Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Khmer
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)
Hello
Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
How Are You?
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
Sidee tahay ?
Good Night
រាត្រីលា
Habeenka Good
Good Evening
ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ
Evening Good
Good Afternoon
លើកលែងរសៀល
galab wanaagsan
Good Morning
អរុណប្រចាំឡើង
Subax wanaagsan
Bye
លាស់ជាស្រី (leah sah srey)
caraysiiyo
I Love You
បងបានស្រលាញ់អូន
Waan ku jeclahay
Excuse Me
សូមទាញយក
iga raali ahow
Dialect 1
Northern Khmer
Northern Somali
Where They Speak
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
Gabon, Standard Somali
Dialect 2
Khmer Krom
Benaadir
Where They Speak
Vietnam
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Dialect 3
Western Khmer
Af-Ashraaf
Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand
Standard Somali
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
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Early Forms
Proto-Khmer
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Khmer
Somali
Signed Forms
Khmer Sign Language
Somali Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
khme1253
soma1255
Linguasphere
48-ACB
No data available
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.
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.