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Khmer leid
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Khmer (ភាសាខ្មែរ), or Cambodian, is the leid o the Khmer fowk an the offeecial leid o Cambodie. It is the seicont maist widely spaken Austroasiatic leid (efter Vietnamese), wi speakers in the tens o millions. Khmer haes been considerably influenced bi Sanskrit an Pali, inspecially in the ryal an releegious registers, throuch the vehicles o Hinduism an Buddhism. It is the earliest recordit an earliest written leid o the Mon-Khmer faimily an aa, predatin Mon an, bi a significant margin, Vietnamese. As a result o geographic proximity, the Khmer leid haes influenced, and been influenced bi Thai, Lao, Vietnamese an Cham an aa, mony o whilk aw form a pseudo-sprachbund in peninsular Southeast Asia, syne maist conteen heich levels o Sanskrit an Pali influences.[5]
Khmer | |
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Cambodian | |
ភាសាខ្មែរ | |
Pronunciation | IPA: [pʰiə.ˈsaː kʰmae] |
Native tae | Cambodie, Vietnam, Thailand |
Ethnicity | Khmer, Northren Khmer, Khmer Krom |
Native speakers | 16 million (2007)[1] |
Austro-Asiatic
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Early forms | Auld Khmer
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Khmer script (abugida) Khmer Braille | |
Offeecial status | |
Offeecial leid in | ![]() ![]() |
Recognised minority leid in | |
Regulatit bi | Ryal Academy o Cambodie |
Leid codes | |
ISO 639-1 | km – Central Khmer |
ISO 639-2 | khm – Central Khmer |
ISO 639-3 | Either:khm – Khmerkxm – Northren Khmer |
Glottolog | khme1253 Khmeric[3]cent1989 Central Khmer[4] |
Linguasphere | 46-FBA-a |
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Khmer haes its awn script, an abugida kent in Khmer as Aksar Khmer. Khmer differs frae neighborin leids lik Thai, Lao an Vietnamese in that it isna a tonal leid.