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Beyond his religious leadership, Chuon Nath led the compilation of the standard modern Khmer dictionary, a documented work of language standardization distinct from a task belonging to secular linguists rather than a monk. That dictionary shaped standardized written Khmer and remains the reference dictionary of the language, a documented lasting authority distinct from an early attempt later superseded by other reference works.
He also composed the lyrics of Cambodia's national anthem, a documented act of national cultural authorship distinct from a purely religious or scholarly contribution. That the same monk who stood at the head of Cambodia's larger Buddhist order also fixed the reference form of the written language and supplied the words sung as the nation's own anthem is documented as a doubled legacy spanning religious and secular national life together.
That Chuon Nath's work on the standard modern Khmer dictionary and his authorship of the national anthem's lyrics both remain in active use is documented as evidence his influence on Cambodian language and national culture matched, rather than sat beneath, his standing as Supreme Patriarch, marking him as one of the most consequential figures in the modernization of both Khmer Buddhism and the Khmer language itself.