Countries
China
  
Cambodia
  
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
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Khmer
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
Please
birdam
  
ND
  
Sorry
kachurung
  
ND
  
Bye
Khayr khosh
  
ND
  
I Love You
sizni yahshi kOrman
  
ND
  
Excuse Me
Kachurung
  
ND
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
10.40 million
  
99+
16.00 million
  
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.