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Khmer and Uyghur


Uyghur and Khmer


Countries

Countries
Cambodia   
China   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam   
China   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Australia, France, United States of America   
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region   

Interesting Facts
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  
  • Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
  • Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
  

Similar To
Lao Language   
Uzbek Language   

Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages   
Gokturk Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53   
32
36   
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20   
17
9   
6

How Many Consonants
33   
23
27   
17

Scripts
Khmer   
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
ND   
Ässalamu läykum.   

Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)   
rakhmat   

How Are You?
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ   
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?   

Good Night
ND   
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun   

Good Evening
ND   
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!   

Good Afternoon
ND   
Not Available   

Good Morning
ND   
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!   

Please
ND   
birdam   

Sorry
ND   
kachurung   

Bye
ND   
Khayr khosh   

I Love You
ND   
sizni yahshi kOrman   

Excuse Me
ND   
Kachurung   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Khmer   
Turpan   

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

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

Dialect 2
Khmer Krom   
Hotan   

Where They Speak
Vietnam   
China   

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

Dialect 3
Western Khmer   
Lop Nur   

Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand   
China   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
7   
7

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.24 %   
99+
0.12 %   
99+

Native Speakers
13.00 million   
99+
8.20 million   
99+

Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)   
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)   

Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer   
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga   

French Name
khmer central   
ouïgour   

German Name
Kambodschanisch   
Uigurisch   

Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]   
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]   

Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer   
Uyghur   

History

Origin
14   
11   

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family   
Turkic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Khmer   
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki   

Standard Forms
Modern Khmer   
Uyghur   

Language Position
Not Available   
98   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
km   
ug   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
khm   
uig   

ISO 639 2/B
khm   
uig   

ISO 639 3
khm   
uig   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
khme1253   
uigh1240   

Linguasphere
Not Available   
No data Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Not Available   

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

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Khmer and Uyghur Speaking population

Khmer and Uyghur speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khmer and Uyghur languages can be compared. The total count of Khmer and Uyghur Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khmer language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Uyghur language is 0.12 %. 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 Uyghur on Khmer vs Uyghur where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Khmer and Uyghur Language Codes

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

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