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Khmer vs Swedish


Swedish vs Khmer


Countries

Countries
Cambodia  
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam  
Sweden  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Finland  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Antartica, Europe  

Minority Language
Australia, France, United States of America  
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Regulated By
-  
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council  

Interesting Facts
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  
  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  

Similar To
Lao Language  
Norwegian and Danish Language  

Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages  
Old Norse Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Khmer-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
53  
32
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
9  
6

How Many Consonants
33  
23
18  
8

Scripts
Khmer  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)  
hej  

Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)  
tacka dig  

How Are You?
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ  
hur mår du  

Good Night
រាត្រីលា  
godnatt  

Good Evening
ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ  
god kväll  

Good Afternoon
លើកលែងរសៀល  
god eftermiddag  

Good Morning
អរុណ​ប្រចាំឡើង  
god morgon  

Please
សូម  
vänligen  

Sorry
សូរី  
ledsen  

Bye
លាស់ជាស្រី (leah sah srey)  
hej då  

I Love You
បងបានស្រលាញ់អូន  
jag älskar dig  

Excuse Me
សូមទាញយក  
ursäkta mig  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Khmer  
Dialects  

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

How Many People Speak
1,400,000.00  
99+
78,000,000.00  
9

Dialect 2
Khmer Krom  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
Vietnam  
Georgia  

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00  
99+
78,000,000.00  
7

Dialect 3
Western Khmer  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand  
France  

How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00  
27
96,000,000.00  
5

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
79  
33

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.24 %  
99+
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
8.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
33
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)  
Svenska  

Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer  
Ruotsi, Svenska  

French Name
khmer central  
suédois  

German Name
Kambodschanisch  
Schwedisch  

Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]  
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]  

Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer  
Swedes, Finland Swedes  

History

Origin
14  
13th Century  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Germanic  

Branch
-  
Northern (Scandinavian)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Khmer  
Old Swedish  

Standard Forms
Modern Khmer  
Standard Swedish  

Language Position
1  
1
89  
99+

Signed Forms
Khmer Sign Language  
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
km  
sv  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
khm  
swe  

ISO 639 2/B
khm  
swe  

ISO 639 3
khm  
swe  

ISO 639 6
khm  
swe  

Glottocode
khme1253  
swed1254  

Linguasphere
48-ACB  
52-AAA-ck to -cw  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
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Khmer and Swedish Language History

Comparison of Khmer vs Swedish language history gives us differences between origin of Khmer and Swedish language. History of Khmer language states that this language originated in 14 whereas history of Swedish language states that this language originated in 13th Century. 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 Swedish Language History.

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Khmer and Swedish 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 Swedish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Khmer and Swedish language. Khmer word for "Hello" is ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor) or Swedish word for "Thank You" is tacka dig. Find more of such common Khmer Greetings and Swedish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Khmer vs Swedish Difficulty

The Khmer vs Swedish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Khmer Alphabets and Swedish 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 Swedish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Khmer and Swedish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Khmer is 44 weeks while to learn Swedish time required is 24 weeks.

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