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Kazakh vs Khmer


Khmer vs Kazakh


Countries

Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia  
Cambodia  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

National Language
Gambia, Kazakhstan  
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  
Australia, France, United States of America  

Regulated By
Kazakh language agency  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • The Kazakh language can be written using a variety of scripts.
  • Kazakh Language contains many words from Russian, Arabic, Mongol, Persian and other Turkic languages.
  
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  

Similar To
Turkish and Uzbek Languages  
Lao Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Pali and Sanskrit Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24  
6
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
20  
17

How Many Consonants
17  
7
33  
23

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic  
Khmer  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)  
ND  

Thank You
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)  
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)  

How Are You?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)  
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ  

Good Night
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)  
ND  

Good Evening
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)  
ND  

Good Afternoon
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)  
ND  

Good Morning
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)  
ND  

Please
өтінемін (ötinemin)  
ND  

Sorry
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)  
ND  

Bye
bye  
ND  

I Love You
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)  
ND  

Excuse Me
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)  
ND  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northeastern Kazakh  
Northern Khmer  

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

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

Dialect 2
Southern Kazakh  
Khmer Krom  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan  
Vietnam  

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

Dialect 3
Western Kazakh  
Western Khmer  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan  
Cambodia, Thailand  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
6  
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.17 %  
99+
0.24 %  
99+

Native Speakers
11.00 million  
99+
13.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى  
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)  

Alternative Names
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq  
Cambodian, Khmer  

French Name
kazakh  
khmer central  

German Name
Kasachisch  
Kambodschanisch  

Pronunciation
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]  
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]  

Ethnicity
Kazahks  
Khmer, Northern Khmer  

History

Origin
17th Century  
14  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Turkic  
Not Available  

Branch
Northwestern (Kipchak)  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Khmer  

Standard Forms
Kazakh  
Modern Khmer  

Language Position
93  
99+
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
kk  
km  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kaz  
khm  

ISO 639 2/B
kaz  
khm  

ISO 639 3
kaz  
khm  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
kaza1248  
khme1253  

Linguasphere
No data available  
Not Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Analytic, Isolating  

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Kazakh and Khmer Language History

Comparison of Kazakh vs Khmer language history gives us differences between origin of Kazakh and Khmer language. History of Kazakh language states that this language originated in 17th 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 Kazakh and Khmer Language History.

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

Kazakh vs Khmer Difficulty

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

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