Language/Central-khmer
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Facts about Central Khmer
- Language code (ISO 639-3):
khm
- Autonyms (how to write "Central Khmer" in Central Khmer):
ភាសាខ្មែរ / ខេមរភាសា
- Other names for "Central Khmer":
Cambodian, Central Khmer, Cu Tho, Cur Cul, Khmer Nam Bo, Kho Me, Khome, Krom ("Viet Goc Mien")
Khmer (/kmɛər, kəˈmɛər/;[3] ខ្មែរ, Khmêr [kʰmae]) is an Austroasiatic language spoken by the Khmer people, and the official and national language of Cambodia. With approximately 16 million speakers, it is the second most widely spoken Austroasiatic language (after Vietnamese). Khmer has been influenced considerably by Sanskrit and Pali, especially in the royal and religious registers, through Hinduism and Buddhism.
The vast majority of Khmer speakers speak Central Khmer, the dialect of the central plain where the Khmer are most heavily concentrated. Within Cambodia, regional accents exist in remote areas but these are regarded as varieties of Central Khmer. Two exceptions are the speech of the capital, Phnom Penh, and that of the Khmer Khe in Stung Treng province, both of which differ sufficiently enough from Central Khmer to be considered separate dialects of Khmer.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khmer_language
- The Central Khmer language is spoken in:
Cambodia
Central Khmer Dictionaries
• Angkor planet: Khmer-English & English-Khmer dictionary
• AK-online: Khmer-English vocabulary by topics (+ audio)
• Kheng: Khmer-English dictionary (+ audio)
• Kod: Khmer-English dictionary
• Defense language institute: basic vocabulary (+ audio) - civil affairs - medical
• Vocabulaire français-cambodgien: Cambodian-French vocabulary, by Jean Moura (1878) (Latin alphabet)
• Remarks on Sanskrit and Pali loanwords in Khmer by Piotr Woźnica, in Investigationes linguisticæ (2010) [[new.htm|[[File:../images/newlink.gif|class=img-0|what's new?]]]]