Old Khmer

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historical language stage of the Khmer language

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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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Old Khmer canonical	3
Old Khmer script	1

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Middle Khmer → follows → Old Khmer ⓘ

Middle Khmer → developedFrom → Old Khmer ⓘ

Thai language → hasLoanwordsFrom → Old Khmer ⓘ

Tai Tham script → derivedFrom → Old Khmer ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Khmer script