Khmer | |
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Cambodian | |
ភាសាខ្មែរ | |
Pronunciation | pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe |
Native to | Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand, USA, France, Australia |
Ethnicity | Khmer |
Native speakers | 16 million (2007)[1] 1 million L2 speakers[2] |
Austroasiatic
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Dialects |
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Khmer script (abugida) | |
Official status | |
Official language in | Cambodia |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-1 | km |
ISO 639-2 | khm |
ISO 639-3 | Either:khm – Central Khmerkxm – Northern Khmer |
Khmer is the official language of Cambodia. It is spoken by the Khmer people, who live in Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam, and many other countries. Its script was the base for the Thai script, although Thai does not use subscript consonants.
One thing that makes it particularly difficult for many foreigners to learn is that Khmer words are not separated in a sentence and the sounds are quite hard for foreigners to replicate. But still each word in the sentence can be distinguished. Also, there is not much material on Khmer, although this situation is changing.
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