Countries
Cambodia
United States of America
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
United States of America
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
North America
Minority Language
Australia, France, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
-
-
Interesting Facts
- Khmer is not the tonal language.
- Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
- Navajo language is tonal language, as it heavily relies on pitch to distinguish between similar words.
- Navajo ethinc group is 2nd largest Native American group.
Similar To
Lao Language
Apache Language
Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5336
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
2012
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3334
9
60
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Scripts
Khmer
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
42
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)
Yá'át'ééh
Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
Ahéhee'
How Are You?
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
Ąąʼ haʼíí baa naniná?
Good Night
រាត្រីលា
Yá'át'ééh hiiłchi'į'
Good Evening
ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ
Yá'át'ééh ałní'íní
Good Afternoon
លើកលែងរសៀល
Yá'át'ééh
Good Morning
អរុណប្រចាំឡើង
Yá'át'ééh abíní
Please
សូម
T'aa shoodi
Sorry
សូរី
Nízhdził
Bye
លាស់ជាស្រី (leah sah srey)
Hágoónee’
I Love You
បងបានស្រលាញ់អូន
Ayóó ánííníshí
Excuse Me
សូមទាញយក
Shoohá
Dialect 1
Northern Khmer
Navajo1
Where They Speak
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
Arizona
How Many People Speak
1,400,000.00170,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Khmer Krom
Navajo2
Where They Speak
Vietnam
New Mexico
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00170,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Western Khmer
Navajo3
Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand
Utah
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00120,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
64
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
16.00 million1.70 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.24 %0.05 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
13.00 million1.70 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
16.00 million0.17 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
Diné Bizaad / Dinék'ehjí
Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer
Navaho
French Name
khmer central
navaho
German Name
Kambodschanisch
Navajo-Sprache
Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
[ˈnævəhoʊ]
Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer
Navajo people
Origin
14
1500 CE
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Dené–Yeniseian Family
Subgroup
-
Athapascan
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Khmer
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Khmer
Navajo
Language Position
129
1
120
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Signed Forms
Khmer Sign Language
Navajo Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
km
nv
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
khm
nav
ISO 639 2/B
khm
nav
ISO 639 3
khm
nav
ISO 639 6
khm
nav
Glottocode
khme1253
nava1243
Linguasphere
48-ACB
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Fusional, Polysynthetic, Synthetic