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 in
Uyghur-Alphabets.jpg#200
Khmer-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Khmer
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Ässalamu läykum.
ND
Thank You
rakhmat
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
How Are You?
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
Good Night
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun
ND
Good Evening
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
ND
Good Afternoon
Not Available
ND
Good Morning
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
ND
I Love You
sizni yahshi kOrman
ND
Dialect 1
Turpan
Northern Khmer
Where They Speak
China
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Hotan
Khmer Krom
Where They Speak
China
Vietnam
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Lop Nur
Western Khmer
Where They Speak
China
Cambodia, Thailand
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
Language Family
Turkic Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki
Proto-Khmer
Standard Forms
Uyghur
Modern Khmer
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Not Available
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
uigh1240
khme1253
Linguasphere
No data Available
Not Available
Language Type
Not Available
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Analytic, Isolating
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.