Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
Cambodia
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Middle East
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Australia, France, United States of America
Interesting Facts
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
- Khmer is not the tonal language.
- Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
Similar To
Farsi Language
Lao Language
Derived From
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Pali and Sanskrit Languages
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Khmer
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Silaw
ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)
Thank You
Sipas
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
Good Night
Şev xweş
រាត្រីលា
Good Evening
Evare baş
ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ
Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash
លើកលែងរសៀល
Good Morning
Bayanit bash
អរុណប្រចាំឡើង
Bye
Be xêr çî
លាស់ជាស្រី (leah sah srey)
I Love You
Ez te hez dikem
បងបានស្រលាញ់អូន
Excuse Me
Bê zehmet
សូមទាញយក
Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish
Northern Khmer
Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
Dialect 2
Central Kurdish
Khmer Krom
Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
Vietnam
Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
Western Khmer
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq
Cambodia, Thailand
Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
Alternative Names
Kurdî, کوردی
Cambodian, Khmer
French Name
kurde
khmer central
German Name
Kurdisch
Kambodschanisch
Pronunciation
[kʊɾdɪʃ]
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
Ethnicity
Kurds
Khmer, Northern Khmer
Origin
16th century CE
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Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austroasiatic Family
Early Forms
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish
Proto-Khmer
Standard Forms
Kurdish
Modern Khmer
Signed Forms
Kurdish Sign Language
Khmer Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
Glottocode
kurd1259
khme1253
Linguasphere
58-AAA-a
48-ACB
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Analytic, Isolating
All Kurdish and Khmer Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Kurdish and Khmer dialects. Various dialects of Kurdish and Khmer language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Kurdish are spoken in different Kurdish Speaking Countries whereas Khmer Dialects are spoken in different Khmer speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Kurdish vs Khmer Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Kurdish dialects include: Northern Kurdish, Central Kurdish. Khmer dialects include: Northern Khmer , Khmer Krom. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Kurdish and Khmer Speaking population
Kurdish and Khmer speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kurdish and Khmer languages can be compared. The total count of Kurdish and Khmer Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Khmer language is 0.24 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Kurdish and Khmer on Kurdish vs Khmer where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Kurdish and Khmer Language Codes
Kurdish and Khmer language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Kurdish and Khmer Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.