Old Khmer
E880940
Old Khmer is the earliest attested stage of the Khmer language, used in inscriptions of the ancient Khmer Empire and forming the linguistic foundation of modern Khmer.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Old Khmer canonical | 3 |
| Old Khmer script | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10710794 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Old Khmer Context triple: [Middle Khmer, follows, Old Khmer]
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A.
Mon-Khmer
Mon-Khmer is a major branch of the Austroasiatic language family that includes numerous languages spoken across mainland Southeast Asia and parts of South Asia.
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B.
Khmer
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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C.
Khmer Reamker
Khmer Reamker is the Cambodian epic poem and national literary classic that adapts the Indian Ramayana into Khmer cultural, religious, and artistic traditions.
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D.
Middle Khmer
Middle Khmer is the historical stage of the Khmer language spoken in Cambodia roughly between the Angkorian period and the emergence of modern Khmer, serving as a key transitional form in the Austroasiatic language family.
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E.
Khmeric languages
Khmeric languages are a branch of the Austroasiatic language family that includes Khmer and its close relatives spoken primarily in Cambodia and neighboring regions.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Old Khmer Target entity description: Old Khmer is the earliest attested stage of the Khmer language, used in inscriptions of the ancient Khmer Empire and forming the linguistic foundation of modern Khmer.
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A.
Mon-Khmer
Mon-Khmer is a major branch of the Austroasiatic language family that includes numerous languages spoken across mainland Southeast Asia and parts of South Asia.
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B.
Khmer
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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C.
Khmer Reamker
Khmer Reamker is the Cambodian epic poem and national literary classic that adapts the Indian Ramayana into Khmer cultural, religious, and artistic traditions.
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D.
Middle Khmer
Middle Khmer is the historical stage of the Khmer language spoken in Cambodia roughly between the Angkorian period and the emergence of modern Khmer, serving as a key transitional form in the Austroasiatic language family.
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E.
Khmeric languages
Khmeric languages are a branch of the Austroasiatic language family that includes Khmer and its close relatives spoken primarily in Cambodia and neighboring regions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical language
ⓘ
stage of the Khmer language ⓘ |
| approximateEnd | 14th century ⓘ |
| attestedIn |
metal inscriptions
ⓘ
stone inscriptions ⓘ temple inscriptions ⓘ |
| containsLoanwordsFrom |
Pali
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sanskrit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| derivedFrom | Pallava script NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| documentedBy | epigraphic studies ⓘ |
| earliestAttestation | 7th century ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Middle Khmer
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Modern Khmer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| glottocode | oldk1247 ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Ancient Khmer
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Angkorian Khmer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
complex consonant clusters
ⓘ
lack of explicit tone marking ⓘ rich inflectional morphology compared to Modern Khmer ⓘ use of nominal prefixes and infixes ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem | Old Khmer script NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Khmer royal vocabulary
ⓘ
Modern Khmer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | okz ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Austroasiatic ⓘ |
| languageOf | Angkorian period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| majorCorpusLocation |
Angkor Wat
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bakong NERFINISHED ⓘ Preah Ko NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Mon–Khmer language group NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precedes |
Middle Khmer
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Modern Khmer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryRegion | Lower Mekong basin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleIn | foundation of Khmer historical linguistics ⓘ |
| scriptDirection | left-to-right ⓘ |
| studiedIn | Austroasiatic comparative linguistics ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Austroasiatic language
ⓘ
Khmer language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedAlongside | Sanskrit in bilingual inscriptions ⓘ |
| usedFor |
administrative records
ⓘ
religious inscriptions ⓘ royal inscriptions ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Cambodia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Khmer Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ parts of Laos ⓘ parts of Thailand ⓘ parts of Vietnam ⓘ |
| writingSystemType | abugida ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Old Khmer Description of subject: Old Khmer is the earliest attested stage of the Khmer language, used in inscriptions of the ancient Khmer Empire and forming the linguistic foundation of modern Khmer.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Old Khmer script