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Khmer

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Khmer

K0050800 (kmâr)n. pl. Khmer or Khmers 1. A member of a people of Cambodia whose civilization reached its height from the 9th to the 15th century.2. The Mon-Khmer language that is the official language of Cambodia.
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Khmer adj.

Khmer

(kmɛə; kmɜː) n1. (Peoples) a member of a people of Cambodia, noted for a civilization that flourished from about 800 ad to about 1370, remarkable for its architecture2. (Languages) the language of this people, belonging to the Mon-Khmer family: the official language of Cambodiaadj3. (Peoples) of or relating to this people or their language4. (Languages) of or relating to this people or their language ˈKhmerian adj

Khmer

(kmɛər, kəˈmɛər)

n., pl. Khmers, (esp. collectively) Khmer. 1. a member of a people who constitute the majority of the inhabitants of Cambodia and live also in parts of SE Thailand and the Mekong delta of Vietnam. 2. the Mon-Khmer language of the Khmers: the official language of Cambodia. 3. Cambodian (def. 2).
Thesaurus
Noun1.Khmer - the Mon-Khmer language spoken in CambodiaKhmer - the Mon-Khmer language spoken in CambodiaMon-Khmer - a branch of the Austro-Asiatic languages
2.Khmer - a native or inhabitant of CambodiaCambodian, Kampuchean - a native or inhabitant of Cambodia
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Khmer

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Khmer

 

(Cambodian), language of the Khmers. It belongs to the Mon-Khmer group of the Austroasiatic language family. There are two principal dialects in Cambodia: the northwestern (the regions around the cities of Battambang and Siem Reap) and the southeastern (the rest of the country). The Khmer alphabet originated from the Pali writing system. The earliest inscriptions discovered in the Khmer language date from the early seventh century. The modern literary language is based on the mixed dialect of the city of Phnom Penh. Khmer has an analytic structure: relations between words are expressed by word order and special auxiliary words. The older methods of word formation were typically prefixation, infixation, and reduplication; modern word formation in Khmer utilizes word compounding and— based on compounding—semiaffixation. Native single-root words consist of one or two syllables of a specific structure: the first syllable is always weak and closely united with a second (strong) syllable. The phonetic structure is characterized by a great number of vowels (two series of vowels: open and closed) and a relatively small number of consonants. The vocabulary contains many borrowings from Sanskrit, Pali, and French.

REFERENCES

Gorgoniev, Iu. A. Kkhmerskii iazyk. Moscow, 1961.
Gorgoniev, Iu. A. Grammatika kkhmerskogo iazyka. Moscow, 1966.
Maspero, G. Grammaire de la langue Khmere (cambodgien). Paris, 1915.
Jacob, J. M. Introduction to Cambodian. London, 1968.

IU. A. GORGONIEV

Khmer

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  • noun

Words related to Khmer

noun the Mon-Khmer language spoken in Cambodia

Related Words

  • Mon-Khmer

noun a native or inhabitant of Cambodia

Related Words

  • Cambodian
  • Kampuchean
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