Countries
Cambodia
  
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
  
National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
  
Gambia, Kazakhstan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Australia, France, United States of America
  
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Kazakh language agency
  
Interesting Facts
- Khmer is not the tonal language.
- Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  
- 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.
  
Similar To
Lao Language
  
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
  
Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Khmer-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kazakh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Khmer
  
Arabic, Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ND
  
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
  
Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
  
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
  
How Are You?
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
  
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
  
Good Night
ND
  
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
  
Good Evening
ND
  
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
  
Good Afternoon
ND
  
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
  
Good Morning
ND
  
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
  
Please
ND
  
өтінемін (ötinemin)
  
Sorry
ND
  
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
  
Bye
ND
  
bye
  
I Love You
ND
  
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
  
Excuse Me
ND
  
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
  
Dialect 1
Northern Khmer
  
Northeastern Kazakh
  
Where They Speak
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
  
Kazakhstan
  
How Many People Speak
1,400,000.00
  
26
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Khmer Krom
  
Southern Kazakh
  
Where They Speak
Vietnam
  
Kazakhstan
  
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00
  
24
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Western Khmer
  
Western Kazakh
  
Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand
  
Kazakhstan
  
How Many People Speak?
16.00 million
  
99+
11.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
13.00 million
  
99+
11.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
  
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
  
Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer
  
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
  
French Name
khmer central
  
kazakh
  
German Name
Kambodschanisch
  
Kasachisch
  
Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
  
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
  
Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer
  
Kazahks
  
Origin
14
  
17th Century
  
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
  
Turkic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Turkic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Northwestern (Kipchak)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Khmer
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Khmer
  
Kazakh
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
km
  
kk
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
khm
  
kaz
  
ISO 639 2/B
khm
  
kaz
  
ISO 639 3
khm
  
kaz
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
khme1253
  
kaza1248
  
Linguasphere
Not Available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Agglutinative