Khmer, Central
A language of Cambodia
ISO/DIS 639-3: khm
| Population | 12,110,065 in Cambodia (2004). Population total all countries: 13,276,639. |
| Region | Throughout the country. Also spoken in Canada, China, France, Laos, USA, Viet Nam. |
| Alternate names | Khmer, Cambodian |
| Dialects | Distinct from Northern Khmer of Thailand. |
| Classification | Austro-Asiatic, Mon-Khmer, Eastern Mon-Khmer, Khmer |
| Language use | Official language. 1,000,000 second-language speakers. |
| Language development | 35% of the population over 15 cannot read or write Khmer. Script derived from a southern Indian alphabet. First written during the period of Indian influence. Grammar. Bible: 1954–1998. |
| Comments | SVO. |
Also spoken in:
Viet Nam
| Language name | Khmer, Central |
| Population | 1,055,174 in Viet Nam (1999 census). |
| Region | Mainly in Hau Giang, Tra Vinh, Vinh Long, Kien Giang, An Giang, Bac Lieu, Ca Mau, Ba Ria-Vung Tau, Binh Phuoc, and Tay Ninh provinces and Ho Chi Minh City. |
| Alternate names | Cambodian, Kho Me, Cur Cul, Cu Tho, Viet Go Mien, Khome, Krom |
| Dialects | Central Khmer, Southern Khmer. |
| Comments | Buddhist, Christian. |
Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:
Academic Publications
Alves, Mark J. 2001. "Distributional properties of causative verbs in some Mon-Khmer languages."
Burenhult, Niclas. 1999. "A bibliographical guide to Aslian linguistics."
Headley, Robert K. 1998. Review of: Colloquial Cambodian, by David Smyth.
Jenner, Philip N. 1976. "The value of ī, and ū, in Middle Khmer."
Jenner, Philip N. 1992. "A note on lexical replacement in Khmer."
Keller, Sally. 1976. English-Khmer medical dictionary.
Naraset Pisitpanporn. 1995. "On the r>h shift in Phnom Penh Khmer."
Orawan Poo-israkij. 1994. "Some observations on Khmer discourse markers."
Prakorb Phon-Ngam. 1993. "The problem of aspirates in Central Khmer and Northern Khmer."
Ratree, P. Wayland and Allard Jongman. 2002. "Registrogenesis in Khmer: a phonetic account."
Smith, Kenneth D. 1981. "A lexico-statistical study of 45 Mon-Khmer languages."
Spatar, Natalja M. 1997. "Imperative constructions in Cambodian."
Supriya Wilawan. 1995. "Reanalysis of serial verb constructions proper."
Thach Ngoc Minh. 1999. "Monosyllabization in Kiengiang Khmer."
Thomas, David D. 1976. "Comment re ‘Affixation in Middle Khmer,’ by Judith M. Jacob."
Thomas, David D. 1976. "Comment re ‘The infix /-b-/ in Khmer,’ by Saveros Lewitz."
Thomas, David D. 1976. "On Khmer polar interrogatives."
Thomas, Dorothy M. 1989. "Changing the Northern Khmer orthography."
Vogel, Sylvain. 2000. "Deux marqueurs temporels du khmer moderne mun et miñ."
Wayland, Ratree. 1998. "An acoustic study of Battambang Khmer vowels."