Khmer

E6451

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

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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

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lon Nol ethnicGroup Khmer
Khmer National Armed Forces (FANK) language Khmer
subject surface form: Khmer National Armed Forces
Pol Pot ethnicGroup Khmer
Mon language influenced Khmer
this entity surface form: Khmer language
Khasi language relatedTo Khmer
this entity surface form: Khmer language
Katu language hasLoanwordsFrom Khmer
this entity surface form: Khmer language
Mon Khmer includesLanguage Khmer
this entity surface form: Khmer language
Mon Khmer hasMajorLanguage Khmer
this entity surface form: Khmer language
Unicode 3.0 addsScripts Khmer
Unicode 3.0 addsBlocks Khmer
Institute of National Language languageRegulated Khmer
this entity surface form: Khmer language
Institute of Khmer Culture fieldOfWork Khmer
this entity surface form: Khmer language
Proto-Austroasiatic ancestorOf Khmer
this entity surface form: Khmer language
Middle Vietnamese influencedBy Khmer
this entity surface form: Khmer language
Old Mon relatedTo Khmer
this entity surface form: Khmer language
Soc Trang hasEthnicGroup Khmer
Soc Trang hasMinorityLanguage Khmer
this entity surface form: Khmer language
An Giang hasEthnicGroup Khmer
Pearic languages languageShiftTo Khmer
this entity surface form: Khmer language
Kien Giang hasEthnicGroup Khmer
Bac Lieu hasEthnicGroup Khmer
Supreme Court of Cambodia nativeLanguageName Khmer
this entity surface form: Khmer language
Middle Khmer precedes Khmer
this entity surface form: Modern Khmer
Middle Khmer influenced Khmer
this entity surface form: Modern Khmer
Middle Khmer developedInto Khmer
this entity surface form: Modern Khmer
Lopburi hasHeritage Khmer
Isan hasEthnicGroup Khmer
Khmer lunar calendar languageOfNotation Khmer
this entity surface form: Khmer language