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Uyghur vs Khmer


Khmer vs Uyghur


Countries

Countries
China  
Cambodia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
China  
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan  
Australia, France, United States of America  

Regulated By
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
  • Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
  
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  

Similar To
Uzbek Language  
Lao Language  

Derived From
Gokturk Language  
Pali and Sanskrit Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36  
18
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
20  
17

How Many Consonants
27  
17
33  
23

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  
Khmer  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Ässalamu läykum.  
ND  

Thank You
rakhmat  
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)  

How Are You?
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?  
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ  

Good Night
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun  
ND  

Good Evening
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!  
ND  

Good Afternoon
Not Available  
ND  

Good Morning
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!  
ND  

Please
birdam  
ND  

Sorry
kachurung  
ND  

Bye
Khayr khosh  
ND  

I Love You
sizni yahshi kOrman  
ND  

Excuse Me
Kachurung  
ND  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Turpan  
Northern Khmer  

Where They Speak
China  
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
1,400,000.00  
26

Dialect 2
Hotan  
Khmer Krom  

Where They Speak
China  
Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
1,200,000.00  
24

Dialect 3
Lop Nur  
Western Khmer  

Where They Speak
China  
Cambodia, Thailand  

Total No. Of Dialects
7  
7
6  
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.12 %  
99+
0.24 %  
99+

Native Speakers
8.20 million  
99+
13.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)  
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)  

Alternative Names
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga  
Cambodian, Khmer  

French Name
ouïgour  
khmer central  

German Name
Uigurisch  
Kambodschanisch  

Pronunciation
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]  
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]  

Ethnicity
Uyghur  
Khmer, Northern Khmer  

History

Origin
11  
14  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki  
Proto-Khmer  

Standard Forms
Uyghur  
Modern Khmer  

Language Position
98  
99+
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Not Available  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ug  
km  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
uig  
khm  

ISO 639 2/B
uig  
khm  

ISO 639 3
uig  
khm  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
uigh1240  
khme1253  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
Not Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Analytic, Isolating  

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Uyghur and Khmer Language History

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

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Uyghur 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 Uyghur and Khmer greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Uyghur and Khmer language. Uyghur word for "Hello" is Ässalamu läykum. or Khmer word for "Thank You" is សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak). Find more of such common Uyghur Greetings and Khmer Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Uyghur vs Khmer Difficulty

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

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