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Khmer and Abkhaz


Abkhaz and Khmer


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam  
Abkhazia  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

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

Regulated By
Not Available  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Lao Language  
Adyghe language, Abaza language  

Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages  
Caucasian languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
62  
36

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
2  
1

How Many Consonants
33  
23
60  
36

Scripts
Khmer  
Cyrillic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
27 weeks  
8

Greetings

Hello
ND  
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)  

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

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

Good Night
ND  
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)  

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

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

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

Please
ND  
Not Available  

Sorry
ND  
Not Available  

Bye
ND  
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)  

I Love You
ND  
Not available  

Excuse Me
ND  
Not available  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Khmer  
Bzyb  

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

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

Dialect 2
Khmer Krom  
Abzhywa  

Where They Speak
Vietnam  
Caucasus  

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

Dialect 3
Western Khmer  
Sadz  

Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand  
Turkey  

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.24 %  
99+
Not Available  

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
0.13 million  
99+

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

Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer  
Abxazo, Abkhazian  

French Name
khmer central  
abkhaze  

German Name
Kambodschanisch  
Abchasisch  

Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer  
Abkhaz people  

History

Origin
14  
c. 1650  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Northwest Caucasian  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Khmer  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Khmer  
Abkhaz  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
km  
ab  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
khm  
abk  

ISO 639 2/B
khm  
abk  

ISO 639 3
khm  
abk  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
abks  

Glottocode
khme1253  
abkh1244  

Linguasphere
Not Available  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Historical  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Agglutinative  

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

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Khmer and Abkhaz Speaking population

Khmer and Abkhaz speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khmer and Abkhaz languages can be compared. The total count of Khmer and Abkhaz Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khmer language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Abkhaz language is Not Available. 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 Khmer and Abkhaz on Khmer vs Abkhaz where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Khmer and Abkhaz Language Codes

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

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