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 in
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Uyghur-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Khmer
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
ND
Ässalamu läykum.
Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
rakhmat
How Are You?
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
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!
I Love You
ND
sizni yahshi kOrman
Dialect 1
Northern Khmer
Turpan
Where They Speak
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
China
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Khmer Krom
Hotan
Where They Speak
Vietnam
China
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Western Khmer
Lop Nur
Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand
China
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
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Turkic Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Proto-Khmer
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki
Standard Forms
Modern Khmer
Uyghur
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Not Available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
khme1253
uigh1240
Linguasphere
Not Available
No data Available
Language Type
Living
Not Available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Not Available
Khmer and Uyghur 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 Uyghur greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Khmer and Uyghur language. Khmer word for "Hello" is ND or Uyghur word for "Thank You" is rakhmat. Find more of such common Khmer Greetings and Uyghur Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Khmer vs Uyghur Difficulty
The Khmer vs Uyghur difficulty level basically depends on the number of Khmer Alphabets and Uyghur 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 Uyghur are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Khmer and Uyghur, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Khmer is 44 weeks while to learn Uyghur time required is 44 weeks.