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Khmer vs Navajo


Navajo vs Khmer


Countries

Countries
Cambodia  
United States of America  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

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
Not Available  
Not Available  

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  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
36  
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
12  
9

How Many Consonants
33  
23
34  
24

Scripts
Khmer  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
ND  
Yá'át'ééh  

Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)  
Ahéhee'  

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

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

Good Evening
ND  
Yá'át'ééh ałní'íní  

Good Afternoon
ND  
Yá'át'ééh  

Good Morning
ND  
Yá'át'ééh abíní  

Please
ND  
T'aa shoodi  

Sorry
ND  
Not available  

Bye
ND  
Hágoónee’  

I Love You
ND  
Ayóó ánííníshí  

Excuse Me
ND  
Shoohá  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Khmer  
Navajo1  

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

How Many People Speak
1,400,000.00  
26
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Khmer Krom  
Navajo2  

Where They Speak
Vietnam  
New Mexico  

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00  
24
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Western Khmer  
Navajo3  

Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand  
Utah  

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.24 %  
99+
Not Available  

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
1.70 million  
99+

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]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer  
Navajo people  

History

Origin
14  
1500 CE  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Dené–Yeniseian Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Athapascan  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Khmer  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Khmer  
Navajo  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Navajo Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
khme1253  
nava1243  

Linguasphere
Not Available  
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  

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Khmer and Navajo Language History

Comparison of Khmer vs Navajo language history gives us differences between origin of Khmer and Navajo language. History of Khmer language states that this language originated in 14 whereas history of Navajo language states that this language originated in 1500 CE. 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 Navajo Language History.

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Khmer and Navajo 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 Navajo greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Khmer and Navajo language. Khmer word for "Hello" is ND or Navajo word for "Thank You" is Ahéhee'. Find more of such common Khmer Greetings and Navajo Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Khmer vs Navajo Difficulty

The Khmer vs Navajo difficulty level basically depends on the number of Khmer Alphabets and Navajo 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 Navajo are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Khmer and Navajo, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Khmer is 44 weeks while to learn Navajo time required is 88 weeks.

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