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Norwegian and Khmer


Khmer and Norwegian


Countries

Countries
Norway  
Cambodia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Norway  
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe, South America  
Asia  

Minority Language
Nynorsk  
Australia, France, United States of America  

Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  

Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages  
Lao Language  

Derived From
-  
Pali and Sanskrit Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
20  
17

How Many Consonants
20  
10
33  
23

Scripts
Latin  
Khmer  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)  

Thank You
takk  
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)  

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

Good Night
god natt  
រាត្រីលា  

Good Evening
god kveld  
ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ  

Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag  
លើកលែងរសៀល  

Good Morning
god morgen  
អរុណ​ប្រចាំឡើង  

Please
Vær så snill  
សូម  

Sorry
unnskyld  
សូរី  

Bye
ha det  
លាស់ជាស្រី (leah sah srey)  

I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg  
បងបានស្រលាញ់អូន  

Excuse Me
unnskyld meg  
សូមទាញយក  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jamtlandic  
Northern Khmer  

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

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

Dialect 2
Sognamål  
Khmer Krom  

Where They Speak
Sogn  
Vietnam  

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

Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris  
Western Khmer  

Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres  
Cambodia, Thailand  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
19  
17
6  
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.24 %  
99+

Native Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
13.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
16.00 million  
33

Native Name
Norsk  
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)  

Alternative Names
Norsk  
Cambodian, Khmer  

French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien  
khmer central  

German Name
Nynorsk  
Kambodschanisch  

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

Ethnicity
Norwegians  
Khmer, Northern Khmer  

History

Origin
c. 1300 AD  
14  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
-  

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål  
Modern Khmer  

Language Position
18  
16
1  
1

Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian  
Khmer Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
no  
km  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nor  
khm  

ISO 639 2/B
nor  
khm  

ISO 639 3
nor  
khm  

ISO 639 6
nor  
khm  

Glottocode
norw1258  
khme1253  

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

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Analytic, Isolating  

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

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Norwegian and Khmer Speaking population

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

Norwegian and Khmer Language Codes

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

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