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Khmer vs Kazakh


Kazakh vs Khmer


Countries

Countries
Cambodia  
China, Kazakhstan, Russia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam  
Gambia, Kazakhstan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Australia, France, United States of America  
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  

Regulated By
-  
Kazakh language agency  

Interesting Facts
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  
  • The Kazakh language can be written using a variety of scripts.
  • Kazakh Language contains many words from Russian, Arabic, Mongol, Persian and other Turkic languages.
  

Similar To
Lao Language  
Turkish and Uzbek Languages  

Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
24  
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
5  
2

How Many Consonants
33  
23
17  
7

Scripts
Khmer  
Arabic, Cyrillic  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)  
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)  

Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)  
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)  

How Are You?
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ  
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)  

Good Night
រាត្រីលា  
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)  

Good Evening
ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ  
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)  

Good Afternoon
លើកលែងរសៀល  
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)  

Good Morning
អរុណ​ប្រចាំឡើង  
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)  

Please
សូម  
өтінемін (ötinemin)  

Sorry
សូរី  
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)  

Bye
លាស់ជាស្រី (leah sah srey)  
bye  

I Love You
បងបានស្រលាញ់អូន  
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)  

Excuse Me
សូមទាញយក  
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Khmer  
Northeastern Kazakh  

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

How Many People Speak
1,400,000.00  
99+
18,000,000.00  
31

Dialect 2
Khmer Krom  
Southern Kazakh  

Where They Speak
Vietnam  
Kazakhstan  

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00  
99+
18,000,000.00  
28

Dialect 3
Western Khmer  
Western Kazakh  

Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand  
Kazakhstan  

How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00  
27
18,000,000.00  
25

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.24 %  
99+
0.17 %  
99+

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
11.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
33
18.00 million  
32

Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)  
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى  

Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer  
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq  

French Name
khmer central  
kazakh  

German Name
Kambodschanisch  
Kasachisch  

Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]  
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]  

Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer  
Kazahks  

History

Origin
14  
17th Century  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Turkic Family  

Subgroup
-  
Turkic  

Branch
-  
Northwestern (Kipchak)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Khmer  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Khmer  
Kazakh  

Language Position
1  
1
93  
99+

Signed Forms
Khmer Sign Language  
Kazakh Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
km  
kk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
khm  
kaz  

ISO 639 2/B
khm  
kaz  

ISO 639 3
khm  
kaz  

ISO 639 6
khm  
kaz  

Glottocode
khme1253  
kaza1248  

Linguasphere
48-ACB  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Agglutinative  

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Khmer and Kazakh Language History

Comparison of Khmer vs Kazakh language history gives us differences between origin of Khmer and Kazakh language. History of Khmer language states that this language originated in 14 whereas history of Kazakh language states that this language originated in 17th Century. 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 Khmer and Kazakh Language History.

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Khmer and Kazakh 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 Khmer and Kazakh greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Khmer and Kazakh language. Khmer word for "Hello" is ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor) or Kazakh word for "Thank You" is Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge). Find more of such common Khmer Greetings and Kazakh Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Khmer vs Kazakh Difficulty

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

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