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Navajo and Khmer


Khmer and Navajo


Countries

Countries
United States of America  
Cambodia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
United States of America  
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam  

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

Speaking Continents
North America  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Australia, France, United States of America  

Regulated By
-  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  

Similar To
Apache Language  
Lao Language  

Derived From
-  
Pali and Sanskrit Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36  
18
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
20  
17

How Many Consonants
34  
24
33  
23

Scripts
Latin  
Khmer  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Yá'át'ééh  
ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)  

Thank You
Ahéhee'  
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)  

How Are You?
Ąąʼ haʼíí baa naniná?  
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ  

Good Night
Yá'át'ééh hiiłchi'į'  
រាត្រីលា  

Good Evening
Yá'át'ééh ałní'íní  
ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ  

Good Afternoon
Yá'át'ééh  
លើកលែងរសៀល  

Good Morning
Yá'át'ééh abíní  
អរុណ​ប្រចាំឡើង  

Please
T'aa shoodi  
សូម  

Sorry
Nízhdził  
សូរី  

Bye
Hágoónee’  
លាស់ជាស្រី (leah sah srey)  

I Love You
Ayóó ánííníshí  
បងបានស្រលាញ់អូន  

Excuse Me
Shoohá  
សូមទាញយក  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Navajo1  
Northern Khmer  

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

How Many People Speak
170,000.00  
99+
1,400,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Navajo2  
Khmer Krom  

Where They Speak
New Mexico  
Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
170,000.00  
99+
1,200,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Navajo3  
Western Khmer  

Where They Speak
Utah  
Cambodia, Thailand  

How Many People Speak
120,000.00  
99+
16,000,000.00  
27

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
6  
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.05 %  
99+
0.24 %  
99+

Native Speakers
1.70 million  
99+
13.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.17 million  
99+
16.00 million  
33

Native Name
Diné Bizaad / Dinék'ehjí  
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)  

Alternative Names
Navaho  
Cambodian, Khmer  

French Name
navaho  
khmer central  

German Name
Navajo-Sprache  
Kambodschanisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈnævəhoʊ]  
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]  

Ethnicity
Navajo people  
Khmer, Northern Khmer  

History

Origin
1500 CE  
14  

Language Family
Dené–Yeniseian Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Athapascan  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Khmer  

Standard Forms
Navajo  
Modern Khmer  

Language Position
29  
27
1  
1

Signed Forms
Navajo Sign Language  
Khmer Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
nv  
km  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nav  
khm  

ISO 639 2/B
nav  
khm  

ISO 639 3
nav  
khm  

ISO 639 6
nav  
khm  

Glottocode
nava1243  
khme1253  

Linguasphere
No data available  
48-ACB  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Polysynthetic, Synthetic  
Analytic, Isolating  

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All Navajo 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 Navajo and Khmer dialects. Various dialects of Navajo and Khmer language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Navajo are spoken in different Navajo Speaking Countries whereas Khmer Dialects are spoken in different Khmer speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Navajo vs Khmer Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Navajo dialects include: Navajo1, Navajo2. Khmer dialects include: Northern Khmer , Khmer Krom. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Navajo and Khmer Speaking population

Navajo and Khmer speaking population is one of the factors based on which Navajo and Khmer languages can be compared. The total count of Navajo and Khmer Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Navajo language is 0.05 % 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 Navajo and Khmer on Navajo vs Khmer where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Navajo and Khmer Language Codes

Navajo and Khmer language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Navajo and Khmer Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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