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Khmer vs Kazakh


Kazakh vs Khmer


Countries

Countries
Cambodia   
China, Kazakhstan, Russia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
3   
12

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

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

Alphabets
53   
32
24   
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20   
17
5   
2

How Many Consonants
33   
23
17   
7

Scripts
Khmer   
Arabic, Cyrillic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
ND   
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)   

Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)   
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)   

How Are You?
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ   
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!)   

Dialects

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   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.24 %   
99+
0.17 %   
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   

History

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   
93   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Khmer and Kazakh Language History

Comparison of Khmer vs Kazakh language history gives us differences between origin of Khmer and Kazakh language. History of Khmer language states that this language originated in 14 whereas history of Kazakh language states that this language originated in 17th Century. 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 Kazakh Language History.

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Khmer and Kazakh 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 Kazakh greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Khmer and Kazakh language. Khmer word for "Hello" is ND or Kazakh word for "Thank You" is Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge). Find more of such common Khmer Greetings and Kazakh Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Khmer vs Kazakh Difficulty

The Khmer vs Kazakh difficulty level basically depends on the number of Khmer Alphabets and Kazakh 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 Kazakh are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Khmer and Kazakh, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Khmer is 44 weeks while to learn Kazakh time required is 44 weeks.

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