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Oromo and Khmer


Khmer and Oromo


Countries

Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya  
Cambodia  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Ethiopia  
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

Minority Language
Somalia  
Australia, France, United States of America  

Regulated By
-  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  

Similar To
Somali Language  
Lao Language  

Derived From
-  
Pali and Sanskrit Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
34  
16
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
20  
17

How Many Consonants
24  
14
33  
23

Scripts
Latin  
Khmer  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
akkam  
ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)  

Thank You
Galatoomi  
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)  

How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?  
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ  

Good Night
Nagayattii buli  
រាត្រីលា  

Good Evening
Akkam waarite  
ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ  

Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan  
លើកលែងរសៀល  

Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan  
អរុណ​ប្រចាំឡើង  

Please
Maaloo  
សូម  

Sorry
naa dhiisi  
សូរី  

Bye
Nagayattii!  
លាស់ជាស្រី (leah sah srey)  

I Love You
Sin jaaladha  
បងបានស្រលាញ់អូន  

Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi  
សូមទាញយក  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Borana  
Northern Khmer  

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

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00  
99+
1,400,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Orma  
Khmer Krom  

Where They Speak
Kenya  
Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
66,000.00  
99+
1,200,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Wata  
Western Khmer  

Where They Speak
Kenya  
Cambodia, Thailand  

How Many People Speak
13,000.00  
99+
16,000,000.00  
27

Total No. Of Dialects
17  
16
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million  
40
16.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.36 %  
38
0.24 %  
99+

Native Speakers
24.00 million  
33
13.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
35.00 million  
24
16.00 million  
33

Native Name
Afaan Oromo  
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)  

Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo  
Cambodian, Khmer  

French Name
galla  
khmer central  

German Name
Galla-Sprache  
Kambodschanisch  

Pronunciation
[ɔrɔmɔ]  
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]  

Ethnicity
Oromos  
Khmer, Northern Khmer  

History

Origin
16  
14  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Cushitic  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Khmer  

Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo  
Modern Khmer  

Language Position
91  
99+
1  
1

Signed Forms
Oromo Sign Language  
Khmer Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
om  
km  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
orm  
khm  

ISO 639 2/B
orm  
khm  

ISO 639 3
orm  
khm  

ISO 639 6
orm  
khm  

Glottocode
nucl1736  
khme1253  

Linguasphere
No data available  
48-ACB  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Analytic, Isolating  

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

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Oromo and Khmer Speaking population

Oromo and Khmer speaking population is one of the factors based on which Oromo and Khmer languages can be compared. The total count of Oromo and Khmer Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Oromo language is 0.36 % 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 Oromo and Khmer on Oromo vs Khmer where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Oromo and Khmer Language Codes

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

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