Khmer

E6451

Austroasiatic language language national language

Khmer is the Austroasiatic language spoken primarily in Cambodia, where it serves as the official and most widely used national language.

Aliases (10)

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Austroasiatic language → language → national language →
closelyRelatedTo	Mon →
country	Cambodia →
hasAlternativeName	Cambodian → Central Khmer →
hasDialects	Cardamom Khmer → Central Khmer → Khmer Krom → Northern Khmer → Western Khmer →
hasFeature	analytic language → complex consonant clusters in orthography → monosyllabic tendency → no grammatical gender → no noun cases → register distinctions in pronunciation →
historicalAncestor	Old Khmer →
historicalStage	Middle Khmer →
ISO639-1Code	km →
ISO639-2Code	khm →
ISO639-3Code	khm →
languageFamily	Austroasiatic →
loanwordsFrom	Chinese → French → Pali → Sanskrit → Thai →
majorityLanguageOf	Khmer people →
nativeName	ភាសាខ្មែរ →
officialLanguageOf	Cambodia →
primaryLanguageOf	Cambodia →
region	Southeast Asia →
regulatingBody	Royal Academy of Cambodia →
scriptOrigin	Brahmic script →
scriptType	abugida →
spokenIn	Cambodia → Laos → Thailand → Vietnam →
subfamily	Mon-Khmer →
usedIn	administration in Cambodia → education in Cambodia → government in Cambodia → mass media in Cambodia →
usesNumeralSystem	Khmer numerals →
writingDirection	left-to-right →
writingSystem	Khmer script →
writingSystemUsedSince	at least 7th century CE →

Referenced by (45)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Khmer ("Central Khmer") → Khmer ("Northern Khmer") → Khmer ("Western Khmer") → Khmer ("Cardamom Khmer") → Khmer ("Khmer Krom") →	hasDialects
Austroasiatic → Austroasiatic ("Khmer language") → Mon-Khmer ("Khmer language") → World War I poetry →	hasLanguage
Cambodia → Phnom Penh → WPRO →	officialLanguage
Friends World Committee for Consultation → Royal Academy of Cambodia →	hasOfficialLanguage
Cambodian riel → Flag of Cambodia →	languageOfName
Prey Nokor ("Khmer people") → Prey Nokor ("Cambodian people") →	usedByEthnicGroup
Google Translate →	availableLanguage
French Indochina →	commonLanguage
Mekong Delta →	ethnicGroup
Nam Kỳ →	ethnicGroupPresent
Royal Academy of Cambodia ("Khmer language") →	focusesOn
Khmer ("Central Khmer") →	hasAlternativeName
Châu Đốc →	hasEthnicCommunity
Austroasiatic ("Old Khmer") →	hasHistoricalLanguage
KHR →	hasLanguageOfIssuance
Châu Đốc →	hasMinorityLanguage
Austroasiatic →	hasNationalLanguage
Mon-Khmer →	hasSubfamily
Khmer script →	hasUnicodeBlock
Khmer ("Old Khmer") →	historicalAncestor
Prey Nokor ("Khmer language") →	historicalLanguageContext
Khmer ("Middle Khmer") →	historicalStage
Nokor Reach →	language
Radio Free Asia →	languageOfBroadcast
King of Cambodia →	languageOfTitle
Royal Academy of Cambodia →	languageOfWorkOrName
Cambodian American →	languageUsed
Pali ("Khmer language") →	lexicalInfluenceOn
Khmer ("Khmer people") →	majorityLanguageOf
Austroasiatic →	majorLanguage
Royal Arms of Cambodia →	mottoLanguage
Cambodia →	nationalLanguage
Austroasiatic ("Khmer people") →	spokenBy