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Khmer vs Abkhaz


Abkhaz vs 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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Khmer and Abkhaz Language History

Comparison of Khmer vs Abkhaz language history gives us differences between origin of Khmer and Abkhaz language. History of Khmer language states that this language originated in 14 whereas history of Abkhaz language states that this language originated in c. 1650. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Khmer and Abkhaz Language History.

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Khmer and Abkhaz Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Khmer and Abkhaz greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Khmer and Abkhaz language. Khmer word for "Hello" is ND or Abkhaz word for "Thank You" is Иҭабуп (It̢abup). Find more of such common Khmer Greetings and Abkhaz Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Khmer vs Abkhaz Difficulty

The Khmer vs Abkhaz difficulty level basically depends on the number of Khmer Alphabets and Abkhaz Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Khmer and Abkhaz are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Khmer and Abkhaz, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Khmer is 44 weeks while to learn Abkhaz time required is 27 weeks.

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