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Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden  
Cambodia  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
1  
14

National Language
Sweden  
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam  

Second Language
Finland  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Antartica, Europe  
Asia  

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

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

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

Similar To
Norwegian and Danish Language  
Lao Language  

Derived From
Old Norse Language  
Pali and Sanskrit Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
20  
17

How Many Consonants
18  
8
33  
23

Scripts
Latin  
Khmer  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
hej  
ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)  

Thank You
tacka dig  
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)  

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

Good Night
godnatt  
រាត្រីលា  

Good Evening
god kväll  
ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ  

Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag  
លើកលែងរសៀល  

Good Morning
god morgon  
អរុណ​ប្រចាំឡើង  

Please
vänligen  
សូម  

Sorry
ledsen  
សូរី  

Bye
hej då  
លាស់ជាស្រី (leah sah srey)  

I Love You
jag älskar dig  
បងបានស្រលាញ់អូន  

Excuse Me
ursäkta mig  
សូមទាញយក  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dialects  
Northern Khmer  

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

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

Dialect 2
Dialects  
Khmer Krom  

Where They Speak
Georgia  
Vietnam  

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

Dialect 3
Dialects  
Western Khmer  

Where They Speak
France  
Cambodia, Thailand  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
79  
33
6  
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.24 %  
99+

Native Speakers
8.70 million  
99+
13.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
16.00 million  
33

Native Name
Svenska  
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)  

Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska  
Cambodian, Khmer  

French Name
suédois  
khmer central  

German Name
Schwedisch  
Kambodschanisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]  
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]  

Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes  
Khmer, Northern Khmer  

History

Origin
13th Century  
14  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
-  

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Swedish  
Proto-Khmer  

Standard Forms
Standard Swedish  
Modern Khmer  

Language Position
89  
99+
1  
1

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

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sv  
km  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
swe  
khm  

ISO 639 2/B
swe  
khm  

ISO 639 3
swe  
khm  

ISO 639 6
swe  
khm  

Glottocode
swed1254  
khme1253  

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

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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Swedish and Khmer Language History

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

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

Swedish vs Khmer Difficulty

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

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