Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Cambodia
National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
Australia, France, United States of America
Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
- Khmer is not the tonal language.
- Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Lao Language
Derived From
Arabic Language
Pali and Sanskrit Languages
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Asante
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
How Are You?
Habari gani?
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
Good Night
Usiku mwema
ND
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
ND
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
ND
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
ND
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
Northern Khmer
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Kimrima
Khmer Krom
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
Vietnam
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Kimgao
Western Khmer
Where They Speak
Kilwa
Cambodia, Thailand
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
Not Available
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Cambodian, Khmer
French Name
swahili
khmer central
German Name
Swahili
Kambodschanisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Khmer, Northern Khmer
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Not Available
Branch
Bantu
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Khmer
Standard Forms
Swahili
Modern Khmer
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
swah1254
khme1253
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
Not Available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Analytic, Isolating
All Swahili 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 Swahili and Khmer dialects. Various dialects of Swahili and Khmer language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Swahili are spoken in different Swahili Speaking Countries whereas Khmer Dialects are spoken in different Khmer speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Swahili vs Khmer Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Swahili dialects include: Kiunguja, Kimrima. Khmer dialects include: Northern Khmer , Khmer Krom. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Swahili and Khmer Speaking population
Swahili and Khmer speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swahili and Khmer languages can be compared. The total count of Swahili and Khmer Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swahili language is Not Available 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 Swahili and Khmer on Swahili vs Khmer where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Swahili and Khmer Language Codes
Swahili and Khmer language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Swahili and Khmer Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.