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Khmer vs Norwegian


Norwegian vs Khmer


Countries

Countries
Cambodia  
Norway  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam  
Norway  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe, South America  

Minority Language
Australia, France, United States of America  
Nynorsk  

Regulated By
-  
Norwegian Language Council  

Interesting Facts
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  
  • Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
  • Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
  

Similar To
Lao Language  
Swedish and Danish Languages  

Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
9  
6

How Many Consonants
33  
23
20  
10

Scripts
Khmer  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)  
hallo  

Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)  
takk  

How Are You?
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ  
hvordan har du det?  

Good Night
រាត្រីលា  
god natt  

Good Evening
ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ  
god kveld  

Good Afternoon
លើកលែងរសៀល  
god ettermiddag  

Good Morning
អរុណ​ប្រចាំឡើង  
god morgen  

Please
សូម  
Vær så snill  

Sorry
សូរី  
unnskyld  

Bye
លាស់ជាស្រី (leah sah srey)  
ha det  

I Love You
បងបានស្រលាញ់អូន  
Jeg Elsker Deg  

Excuse Me
សូមទាញយក  
unnskyld meg  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Khmer  
Jamtlandic  

Where They Speak
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America  
Jamtland,Harjedalen  

How Many People Speak
1,400,000.00  
99+
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Khmer Krom  
Sognamål  

Where They Speak
Vietnam  
Sogn  

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00  
99+
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Western Khmer  
Hallingmål-Valdris  

Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand  
Hallingdal, Valdres  

How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00  
27
5,000,000.00  
38

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
19  
17

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.24 %  
99+
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
5.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
33
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)  
Norsk  

Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer  
Norsk  

French Name
khmer central  
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien  

German Name
Kambodschanisch  
Nynorsk  

Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]  
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)  

Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer  
Norwegians  

History

Origin
14  
c. 1300 AD  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Germanic  

Branch
-  
Northern (Scandinavian)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Khmer  
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian  

Standard Forms
Modern Khmer  
Nynorsk, Bokmål  

Language Position
1  
1
18  
16

Signed Forms
Khmer Sign Language  
Signed Norwegian  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
km  
no  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
khm  
nor  

ISO 639 2/B
khm  
nor  

ISO 639 3
khm  
nor  

ISO 639 6
khm  
nor  

Glottocode
khme1253  
norw1258  

Linguasphere
48-ACB  
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Fusional  

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Khmer and Norwegian Language History

Comparison of Khmer vs Norwegian language history gives us differences between origin of Khmer and Norwegian language. History of Khmer language states that this language originated in 14 whereas history of Norwegian language states that this language originated in c. 1300 AD. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Khmer and Norwegian Language History.

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Khmer and Norwegian Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Khmer and Norwegian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Khmer and Norwegian language. Khmer word for "Hello" is ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor) or Norwegian word for "Thank You" is takk. Find more of such common Khmer Greetings and Norwegian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Khmer vs Norwegian Difficulty

The Khmer vs Norwegian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Khmer Alphabets and Norwegian Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Khmer and Norwegian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Khmer and Norwegian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Khmer is 44 weeks while to learn Norwegian time required is 24 weeks.

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