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Khmer vs Welsh


Welsh vs Khmer


Countries

Countries
Cambodia  
Wales  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam  
Wales  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Australia, France, United States of America  
Argentina, United Kingdom  

Regulated By
-  
Welsh Language Commissioner  

Interesting Facts
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  
  • One of the Celtic language still spoken with great numbers of speakers is Welsh language.
  • Welsh was evolved from British , which was spoken by ancient Britons.
  

Similar To
Lao Language  
English Language  

Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages  
British Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
7  
4

How Many Consonants
33  
23
21  
11

Scripts
Khmer  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
30 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)  
Helô  

Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)  
Diolch  

How Are You?
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ  
Sut ydych chi?  

Good Night
រាត្រីលា  
Nos da  

Good Evening
ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ  
Noswaith dda  

Good Afternoon
លើកលែងរសៀល  
P'nawn da  

Good Morning
អរុណ​ប្រចាំឡើង  
Bore da  

Please
សូម  
os gwelwch yn dda  

Sorry
សូរី  
Mae'n ddrwg gennym  

Bye
លាស់ជាស្រី (leah sah srey)  
Hwyl  

I Love You
បងបានស្រលាញ់អូន  
Dw i'n dy garu di  

Excuse Me
សូមទាញយក  
Esgusodwch fi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Khmer  
Patagonian Welsh  

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

How Many People Speak
1,400,000.00  
99+
38,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Khmer Krom  
Y Wyndodeg  

Where They Speak
Vietnam  
Gwynedd  

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00  
99+
700,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Western Khmer  
Y Bowyseg  

Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand  
Powys  

How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00  
27
700,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
8  
8

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.24 %  
99+
0.24 %  
99+

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
7.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
33
0.70 million  
99+

Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)  
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg  

Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer  
Cymraeg  

French Name
khmer central  
gallois  

German Name
Kambodschanisch  
Kymrisch  

Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]  
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]  

Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer  
Welsh people  

History

Origin
14  
9th Century  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Celtic  

Branch
-  
Brythonic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Khmer  
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh  

Standard Forms
Modern Khmer  
Welsh  

Language Position
1  
1
31  
29

Signed Forms
Khmer Sign Language  
Welsh Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
km  
cy  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
khm  
cym  

ISO 639 2/B
khm  
wel  

ISO 639 3
khm  
cym  

ISO 639 6
khm  
cym  

Glottocode
khme1253  
wels1247  

Linguasphere
48-ACB  
50-ABA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Historical  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Fusional  

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Khmer and Welsh Language History

Comparison of Khmer vs Welsh language history gives us differences between origin of Khmer and Welsh language. History of Khmer language states that this language originated in 14 whereas history of Welsh language states that this language originated in 9th 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 Welsh Language History.

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

Khmer vs Welsh Difficulty

The Khmer vs Welsh difficulty level basically depends on the number of Khmer Alphabets and Welsh 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 Welsh are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Khmer and Welsh, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Khmer is 44 weeks while to learn Welsh time required is 30 weeks.

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