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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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