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Khmer vs Uyghur


Uyghur vs 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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Khmer and Uyghur Language History

Comparison of Khmer vs Uyghur language history gives us differences between origin of Khmer and Uyghur language. History of Khmer language states that this language originated in 14 whereas history of Uyghur language states that this language originated in 11. 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 Uyghur Language History.

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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.

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