Khmer
E6451
Khmer is the Austroasiatic language spoken primarily in Cambodia, where it serves as the official and most widely used national language.
All labels observed (12)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Khmer canonical | 61 |
| Khmer language | 19 |
| Khmer people | 3 |
| Modern Khmer | 3 |
| Central Khmer | 2 |
| Old Khmer | 2 |
| Cambodian people | 1 |
| Cardamom Khmer | 1 |
| Khmer Krom | 1 |
| Middle Khmer | 1 |
| Northern Khmer | 1 |
| Western Khmer | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austroasiatic language
ⓘ
language ⓘ national language ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo | Mon ⓘ |
| country | Cambodia ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Cambodian
ⓘ
Khmer ⓘ
surface form:
Central Khmer
|
| hasDialects |
Khmer
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Cardamom Khmer
Khmer self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Central Khmer
Khmer self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Khmer Krom
Khmer self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Northern Khmer
Khmer self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Western Khmer
|
| hasFeature |
analytic language
ⓘ
complex consonant clusters in orthography ⓘ monosyllabic tendency ⓘ no grammatical gender ⓘ no noun cases ⓘ register distinctions in pronunciation ⓘ |
| historicalAncestor |
Khmer
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Old Khmer
|
| historicalStage |
Khmer
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Middle Khmer
|
| ISO639-1Code | km ⓘ |
| ISO639-2Code | khm ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | khm ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Austroasiatic ⓘ |
| loanwordsFrom |
Chinese
ⓘ
French ⓘ Pali ⓘ Sanskrit ⓘ Thai ⓘ |
| majorityLanguageOf |
Khmer
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
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 ⓘ Viet Nam ⓘ
surface form:
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 (96)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Central Khmer
this entity surface form:
Northern Khmer
this entity surface form:
Western Khmer
this entity surface form:
Cardamom Khmer
this entity surface form:
Khmer Krom
this entity surface form:
Khmer people
this entity surface form:
Old Khmer
this entity surface form:
Middle Khmer
this entity surface form:
Central Khmer
this entity surface form:
Khmer people
this entity surface form:
Cambodian people
this entity surface form:
Khmer language
this entity surface form:
Khmer language
this entity surface form:
Khmer language
this entity surface form:
Khmer language
this entity surface form:
Khmer language
this entity surface form:
Khmer people
this entity surface form:
Old Khmer