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Language


Khmer Inscription

The word Khmer also refers to the language of the Cambodian people, the official language of Cambodia. Khmer has been considerably influenced by Sanskrit and Pali, through the vehicles of Hinduism and Buddhism. It is also the earliest recorded and earliest written language of the Mon-Khmer family. Many characters and words appears to be derived from Sanskrit.

Khmer Inscription

Many inscriptions discovered on the wall of many Angkor temples are both in Khmer and in Sanskrit. It is believed that early Cambodian people used Sanskrit inscriptions, an Indian sacred language, to maintain the original form of prayers and tributes so that the values to their gods would not be diluted by any form of translation. They also inscribed in Khmer to differentiate and distinguish a Khmer identity. Khmer differs from neighboring languages such as Thai, Lao and Vietnamese in that it is not a tonal language. All its main dialects are mutually intelligible. Battambang is a dialect spoken by people in northern Cambodia. Siem Reap dialect is similar in tone to the Battambang one and is spoken in Siem Reap, Kampong Thom provinces. Phnom Penh, the capital dialect, is spoken by people in surrounding provinces. Takeo and Svay Rieng, Prey Veng is close to the Phnom Peng, but Prey Veng has a slightly different accent. Khmer Surin is another popular dialect. Surin was a former Cambodian northern province, annexed by Thai in the 18th century. Native Khmers who live in this province still speak Khmer with Surin accent, even though Thai is the official language. Khmer Krom or Southern Khmer, spoken by the indigenous Khmer population of the Mekong Delta, former Cambodian provinces that French had annexed to Vietnam during the French colonial period. However, the Khmer Krom still keep Khmer tradition and Khmer language. There are also highlander dialects spoken by many tribes in the mountains of western Cambodia.

Consonants

The A Sound The OR Sound (except 3rd row, last characters)

Khmer Consonants

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vowel

(dotted circle under, below or inbetween the vowel is the consonant place holder.

Vowels
 
 

 


Independent Vowels:

Independent Vowels

 

 


Consonant Subscript

Subscript

 

 


Numerals:

Subscript

 

 

Sample Text

knowledge is from learning. Wealth is from work.

Sample Text

 

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Communities

VOA News Coverage - CCD 2012 (click on pictures)

Voice of America/Khmer: Dr Chanthourn Thuy

A Khmer Archaeologist visited USA in July 2012 to present his research finding about ancient iron smelter in Cambodia to Cambodian-American communities. One of his stop was Washington, DC Metro area. 


 

Voice of America Interviewed Ms Sophia Tep, CCD Vice-President

Click the picture to read and play the video.


Sam Relief Dec 2012 Newsletter

Sam Relief was very busy in early April of 2012 and has delivered another 10 tons of rice to Angkor Children Hospital at Siem Reap.


Women's Health Study: http://mapa.nur.utexas.edu


Replica of Angkor Wat

We have bought a replica of Angkor Wat (picture shown above). It is a sculpture made out from stone, by a sculptor in Pursat province, Cambodia. It is 1.3 meter long, 1.1 meter wide and .35 meter high. It took more than 2 months to complete the sculpture. Click the picture to enlarge.


Phare Ponleu Selpak

Phare Ponleu Selpak (website: www.phareps.org) is a Cambodian association providing artistic activities to children and adults around the Battambang vicinity. The artistic fields are: performing arts (circus, theater, dancing, music), visual arts (cartoon animation, painting contemporary, illustration and graphic design) and social actions (governmental school pre-school through high school, child care center, and transitional youth house). Learn more ...

Khmer Music Festival

Thank you for coming to our Khmer Music Festival on Saturday September 5th 2015

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2015 Miss Cambodian American DC

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