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Cambodian Khmer SIZE="2">
ISBN-10: 9623271476
ISBN-13: 9789623271479
Published:
January 2001
Format:
Hardcover, 1616
pp
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Khmer,
or
Cambodian,
is the
language
of the
Khmer
people
and the
official
language
of
Cambodia.
It is
the
second
most
widely
spoken
Austroasiatic
language
(after
Vietnamese),
with
speakers
in the
tens of
millions.
Khmer
has been
considerably
influenced
by
Sanskrit
and
Pali,
especially
in the
royal
and
religious
registers,
through
the
vehicles
of
Hinduism
and
Buddhism.
It is
also the
earliest
recorded
and
earliest
written
language
of the
Mon-Khmer
family,
predating
Mon and
by a
significant
margin
Vietnamese.
As a
result
of
geographic
proximity,
the
Khmer
language
has
affected,
and also
been
affected
by;
Thai,
Lao,
Vietnamese
and Cham
many of
which
all form
a
pseudo-sprachbund
in
peninsular
Southeast
Asia,
since
most
contain
high
levels
of
Sanskrit
and Pali
influences.
Khmer
has its
own
script,
an
abugida
known in
Khmer as
Aksar
Khmer.
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