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Cambodian language

Khmer
Khmer
ភាសាខ្មែរ
Pronunciation IPA: [pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
Native to Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand
Ethnicity Khmer, Northern Khmer
Native speakers
16 million (2007)
Early forms
Dialects
Khmer script (abugida)
Khmer Braille
Official status
Official language in
 Cambodia
Language codes
ISO 639-1 km
ISO 639-2
ISO 639-3 Either:
khm – Central Khmer
kxm – Northern Khmer
Glottolog khme1253
Linguasphere 46-FBA-a
Old Khmer
Angkorian Khmer
Native to Khmer Empire
Era 9th to 13th century
Austroasiatic
  • Old Khmer
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Glottolog oldk1249

Khmer /kmɛər/ or Cambodian (natively ភាសាខ្មែរ [pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe], or more formally ខេមរភាសា [kʰeɛmaʔraʔ pʰiːəsaː]) is the language of the Khmer people and the official 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 more colloquial registers have influenced, and have been influenced by, Thai, Lao, Vietnamese, and Cham, all of which, due to geographical proximity and long-term cultural contact, form a sprachbund in peninsular Southeast Asia. It is also the earliest recorded and earliest written language of the Mon–Khmer family, predating Mon and by a significant margin Vietnamese, due to Old Khmer being the language of the historical empires of Chenla, Angkor and, presumably, their earlier predecessor state, Funan.


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