Countries
Cambodia
  
Iraq, Kurdistan
  
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 in
Khmer-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kurdish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Khmer
  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ND
  
Silaw
  
Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
  
Sipas
  
How Are You?
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
  
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
  
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
How Many People Speak?
16.00 million
  
99+
28.00 million
  
38
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
  
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
  
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
  
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.