Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey
Cambodia
National Language
Turkey
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania
Australia, France, United States of America
Regulated By
Turkish Language Association
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- Khmer is not the tonal language.
- Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
Similar To
Azerbaijani Language
Lao Language
Derived From
Not Available
Pali and Sanskrit Languages
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
teşekkür ederim
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
How Are You?
Nasılsın?
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
Good Night
İyi Geceler
ND
Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar
ND
Good Afternoon
Tünaydın
ND
I Love You
Seni seviyorum
ND
Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish
Northern Khmer
Where They Speak
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish
Khmer Krom
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Vietnam
Dialect 3
Gagauz
Western Khmer
Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
Cambodia, Thailand
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Türkçe
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch
Cambodian, Khmer
French Name
turc
khmer central
German Name
Türkisch
Kambodschanisch
Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
Ethnicity
Turkish
Khmer, Northern Khmer
Language Family
Turkic Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Turkic
Not Available
Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish
Proto-Khmer
Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)
Modern Khmer
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
nucl1301
khme1253
Linguasphere
44-AAB-a
Not Available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Analytic, Isolating
Turkish and Khmer 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 Turkish and Khmer greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Turkish and Khmer language. Turkish word for "Hello" is Merhaba or Khmer word for "Thank You" is សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak). Find more of such common Turkish Greetings and Khmer Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Turkish vs Khmer Difficulty
The Turkish vs Khmer difficulty level basically depends on the number of Turkish Alphabets and Khmer 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 Turkish and Khmer are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Turkish and Khmer, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Turkish is 44 weeks while to learn Khmer time required is 44 weeks.