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Kurdish and Khmer


Khmer and Kurdish


Countries

Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan  
Cambodia  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

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  

Regulated By
-  
-  

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
-  
Pali and Sanskrit Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
20  
17

How Many Consonants
29  
19
33  
23

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  
Khmer  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks  
2
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Silaw  
ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)  

Thank You
Sipas  
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)  

How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?  
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ  

Good Night
Şev xweş  
រាត្រីលា  

Good Evening
Evare baş  
ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ  

Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash  
លើកលែងរសៀល  

Good Morning
Bayanit bash  
អរុណ​ប្រចាំឡើង  

Please
Bê zehmet  
សូម  

Sorry
Bibûre  
សូរី  

Bye
Be xêr çî  
លាស់ជាស្រី (leah sah srey)  

I Love You
Ez te hez dikem  
បងបានស្រលាញ់អូន  

Excuse Me
Bê zehmet  
សូមទាញយក  

Dialects

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  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
29
1,400,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Central Kurdish  
Khmer Krom  

Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran  
Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
99+
1,200,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish  
Western Khmer  

Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq  
Cambodia, Thailand  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
16,000,000.00  
27

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million  
38
16.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.31 %  
99+
0.24 %  
99+

Native Speakers
21.00 million  
36
13.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
20.00 million  
30
16.00 million  
33

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  

History

Origin
16th century CE  
14  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish  
Proto-Khmer  

Standard Forms
Kurdish  
Modern Khmer  

Language Position
14  
13
1  
1

Signed Forms
Kurdish Sign Language  
Khmer Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ku  
km  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kur  
khm  

ISO 639 2/B
kur  
khm  

ISO 639 3
kur  
khm  

ISO 639 6
kur  
khm  

Glottocode
kurd1259  
khme1253  

Linguasphere
58-AAA-a  
48-ACB  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Analytic, Isolating  

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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.

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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.

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