Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

proto-mon-khmer

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.85 in modern English

Syllables: pro-to--mon-khmer
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The hypothetical ancestor language or protolanguage of the Mon-Khmer language group, which includes Khmer and Vietnamese.

Uncountable

Etymology

From proto- + Mon-Khmer.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: proto

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does proto-mon-khmer mean?: The hypothetical ancestor language or protolanguage of the Mon-Khmer language group, which includes Khmer and Vietnamese.
Where does proto-mon-khmer come from?: From proto- + Mon-Khmer.

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