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Abkhaz vs Khmer


Khmer vs Abkhaz


Countries

Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia   
Cambodia   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
1   
14

National Language
Abkhazia   
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Australia, France, United States of America   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
  • Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
  
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  

Similar To
Adyghe language, Abaza language   
Lao Language   

Derived From
Caucasian languages   
Pali and Sanskrit Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
62   
36
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
2   
1
20   
17

How Many Consonants
60   
36
33   
23

Scripts
Cyrillic   
Khmer   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
27 weeks   
8
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)   
ND   

Thank You
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)   
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)   

How Are You?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)   
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ   

Good Night
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)   
ND   

Good Evening
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)   
ND   

Good Afternoon
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)   
ND   

Good Morning
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)   
ND   

Please
Not Available   
ND   

Sorry
Not Available   
ND   

Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)   
ND   

I Love You
Not available   
ND   

Excuse Me
Not available   
ND   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bzyb   
Northern Khmer   

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

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,400,000.00   
26

Dialect 2
Abzhywa   
Khmer Krom   

Where They Speak
Caucasus   
Vietnam   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,200,000.00   
24

Dialect 3
Sadz   
Western Khmer   

Where They Speak
Turkey   
Cambodia, Thailand   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
6   
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.24 %   
99+

Native Speakers
0.13 million   
99+
13.00 million   
99+

Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)   
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)   

Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian   
Cambodian, Khmer   

French Name
abkhaze   
khmer central   

German Name
Abchasisch   
Kambodschanisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]   

Ethnicity
Abkhaz people   
Khmer, Northern Khmer   

History

Origin
c. 1650   
14   

Language Family
Northwest Caucasian   
Austroasiatic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Proto-Khmer   

Standard Forms
Abkhaz   
Modern Khmer   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ab   
km   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
abk   
khm   

ISO 639 2/B
abk   
khm   

ISO 639 3
abk   
khm   

ISO 639 6
abks   
Not Available   

Glottocode
abkh1244   
khme1253   

Linguasphere
No data Available   
Not Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Analytic, Isolating   

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Abkhaz and Khmer Language History

Comparison of Abkhaz vs Khmer language history gives us differences between origin of Abkhaz and Khmer language. History of Abkhaz language states that this language originated in c. 1650 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 Abkhaz and Khmer Language History.

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

Abkhaz vs Khmer Difficulty

The Abkhaz vs Khmer difficulty level basically depends on the number of Abkhaz 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 Abkhaz and Khmer are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Abkhaz and Khmer, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Abkhaz is 27 weeks while to learn Khmer time required is 44 weeks.

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