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Khmer and Kurdish


Kurdish and Khmer


Countries

Countries
Cambodia   
Iraq, Kurdistan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam   
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Middle East   

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.
  
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  

Similar To
Lao Language   
Farsi Language   

Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53   
32
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20   
17
8   
5

How Many Consonants
33   
23
29   
19

Scripts
Khmer   
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
4 weeks   
2

Greetings

Hello
ND   
Silaw   

Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)   
Sipas   

How Are You?
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ   
Tu çawa yî?   

Good Night
ND   
Şev xweş   

Good Evening
ND   
Evare baş   

Good Afternoon
ND   
Nee-wa-rowt bash   

Good Morning
ND   
Bayanit bash   

Please
ND   
Bê zehmet   

Sorry
ND   
Bibûre   

Bye
ND   
Be xêr çî   

I Love You
ND   
Ez te hez dikem   

Excuse Me
ND   
Bê zehmet   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Khmer   
Northern Kurdish   

Where They Speak
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America   
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey   

How Many People Speak
1,400,000.00   
26
20,000,000.00   
10

Dialect 2
Khmer Krom   
Central Kurdish   

Where They Speak
Vietnam   
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran   

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00   
24
5,000,000.00   
14

Dialect 3
Western Khmer   
Southern Kurdish   

Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand   
Eastern Iraq   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
3,000,000.00   
12

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
16.00 million   
99+
28.00 million   
38

Speaking Population
0.24 %   
99+
0.31 %   
39

Native Speakers
13.00 million   
99+
21.00 million   
36

Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)   
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди   

Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer   
Not Available   

French Name
khmer central   
kurde   

German Name
Kambodschanisch   
Kurdisch   

Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer   
Kurds   

History

Origin
14   
16th century CE   

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Khmer   
Not Available   

Standard Forms
Modern Khmer   
Kurdish   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
km   
ku   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
khm   
kur   

ISO 639 2/B
khm   
kur   

ISO 639 3
khm   
kur   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
khme1253   
kurd1259   

Linguasphere
Not Available   
58-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Not Available   

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

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Khmer and Kurdish Speaking population

Khmer and Kurdish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khmer and Kurdish languages can be compared. The total count of Khmer and Kurdish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khmer language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 %. 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 Kurdish on Khmer vs Kurdish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Khmer and Kurdish Language Codes

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

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