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Khmer vs Turkish


Turkish vs Khmer


Countries

Countries
Cambodia   
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
11   
5

National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam   
Turkey   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Australia, France, United States of America   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Turkish Language Association   

Interesting Facts
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  
  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  

Similar To
Lao Language   
Azerbaijani Language   

Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53   
32
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20   
17
8   
5

How Many Consonants
33   
23
21   
11

Scripts
Khmer   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
ND   
Merhaba   

Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)   
teşekkür ederim   

How Are You?
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ   
Nasılsın?   

Good Night
ND   
İyi Geceler   

Good Evening
ND   
İyi Akşamlar   

Good Afternoon
ND   
Tünaydın   

Good Morning
ND   
günaydın   

Please
ND   
lütfen   

Sorry
ND   
üzgünüm   

Bye
ND   
Hoşçakal   

I Love You
ND   
Seni seviyorum   

Excuse Me
ND   
Afedersiniz   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Khmer   
Azerbaijani Turkish   

Where They Speak
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America   
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
1,400,000.00   
26
26,000,000.00   
9

Dialect 2
Khmer Krom   
Crimean Turkish   

Where They Speak
Vietnam   
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00   
24
480,000.00   
29

Dialect 3
Western Khmer   
Gagauz   

Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand   
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
140,000.00   
26

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
9   
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
16.00 million   
99+
75.00 million   
23

Speaking Population
0.24 %   
99+
0.95 %   
21

Native Speakers
13.00 million   
99+
60.00 million   
20

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
15.00 million   
18

Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)   
Türkçe   

Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer   
Anatolian, Türkisch   

French Name
khmer central   
turc   

German Name
Kambodschanisch   
Türkisch   

Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]   
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]   

Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer   
Turkish   

History

Origin
14   
c. 1350   

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family   
Turkic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Turkic   

Branch
Not Available   
Southwestern(Oghuz)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Khmer   
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish   

Standard Forms
Modern Khmer   
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)   

Language Position
Not Available   
19   
17

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Turkish Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
km   
tr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
khm   
tur   

ISO 639 2/B
khm   
tur   

ISO 639 3
khm   
tur   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
khme1253   
nucl1301   

Linguasphere
Not Available   
44-AAB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Synthetic   

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Khmer and Turkish Language History

Comparison of Khmer vs Turkish language history gives us differences between origin of Khmer and Turkish language. History of Khmer language states that this language originated in 14 whereas history of Turkish language states that this language originated in c. 1350. 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 Turkish Language History.

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

Khmer vs Turkish Difficulty

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

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