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Khmer vs Turkish


Turkish vs Khmer


Countries

Countries
Cambodia  
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
11  
5

National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam  
Turkey  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Australia, France, United States of America  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania  

Regulated By
-  
Turkish Language Association  

Interesting Facts
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  
  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  

Similar To
Lao Language  
Azerbaijani Language  

Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
8  
5

How Many Consonants
33  
23
21  
11

Scripts
Khmer  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)  
Merhaba  

Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)  
teşekkür ederim  

How Are You?
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ  
Nasılsın?  

Good Night
រាត្រីលា  
İyi Geceler  

Good Evening
ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ  
İyi Akşamlar  

Good Afternoon
លើកលែងរសៀល  
Tünaydın  

Good Morning
អរុណ​ប្រចាំឡើង  
günaydın  

Please
សូម  
lütfen  

Sorry
សូរី  
üzgünüm  

Bye
លាស់ជាស្រី (leah sah srey)  
Hoşçakal  

I Love You
បងបានស្រលាញ់អូន  
Seni seviyorum  

Excuse Me
សូមទាញយក  
Afedersiniz  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Khmer  
Azerbaijani Turkish  

Where They Speak
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
1,400,000.00  
99+
26,000,000.00  
25

Dialect 2
Khmer Krom  
Crimean Turkish  

Where They Speak
Vietnam  
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00  
99+
480,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Western Khmer  
Gagauz  

Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand  
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine  

How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00  
27
140,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
9  
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
16.00 million  
99+
75.00 million  
23

Speaking Population
0.24 %  
99+
0.95 %  
22

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
60.00 million  
20

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
33
15.00 million  
34

Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)  
Türkçe  

Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer  
Anatolian, Türkisch  

French Name
khmer central  
turc  

German Name
Kambodschanisch  
Türkisch  

Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]  
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]  

Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer  
Turkish  

History

Origin
14  
c. 1350  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Turkic Family  

Subgroup
-  
Turkic  

Branch
-  
Southwestern(Oghuz)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Khmer  
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish  

Standard Forms
Modern Khmer  
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)  

Language Position
1  
1
19  
17

Signed Forms
Khmer Sign Language  
Turkish Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
km  
tr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
khm  
tur  

ISO 639 2/B
khm  
tur  

ISO 639 3
khm  
tur  

ISO 639 6
khm  
tur  

Glottocode
khme1253  
nucl1301  

Linguasphere
48-ACB  
44-AAB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Synthetic  

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Khmer and Turkish Language History

Comparison of Khmer vs Turkish language history gives us differences between origin of Khmer and Turkish language. History of Khmer language states that this language originated in 14 whereas history of Turkish language states that this language originated in c. 1350. 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 Turkish Language History.

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

Khmer vs Turkish Difficulty

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

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