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Khmer, Central

A language of Cambodia

ISO 639-3: khm

Population	12,300,000 in Cambodia (2006). Population total all countries: 13,603,400.
Region	Widespread. Also in Canada, China, France, Laos, United States, Viet Nam.
Language map	Cambodia
Alternate names	Cambodian, Khmer
Dialects	Distinct from Northern Khmer [kxm] of Thailand.
Classification	Austro-Asiatic, Mon-Khmer, Eastern Mon-Khmer, Khmer
Language use	Official language. 1,000,000 L2 speakers.
Language development	35% of the population over 15 cannot read or write Khmer. Radio programs. Grammar. Bible: 1954–1998.
Writing system	Khmer script.
Comments	SVO.

Also spoken in:

Viet Nam

Language name	Khmer, Central
Population	1,060,000 in Viet Nam (1999 census).
Region	Hau Giang, Tra Vinh, Vinh Long, Kien Giang, An Giang, Bac Lieu, Ca Mau, Ba Ria-Vung Tau, Binh Phuoc, Tay Ninh provinces; Ho Chi Minh City.
Language map	Southern Viet Nam, reference number 9
Alternate names	Cambodian, Cu Tho, Cur Cul, Kho Me, Khome, Krom, Viet Go Mien
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."  

Amara Prasithrathsint and Natchanan Yaowapat. 2009. "A typology of relative clauses in Mainland Southeast Asian 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.

Nomura, Naomitsu Mikami. 1992. "A semantic analysis of the so-called passive verbs in some Indochinese languages."  

Orawan Boonyarith. 2009. "Derivatives in Khmer compound words."  

Orawan Poo-israkij. 1994. "Some observations on Khmer discourse markers."  

Prachakij-karacak Phraya, David Thomas andSophana Srichampa. 1995. Some languages of Siam.

Prakorb Phon-Ngam. 1993. "The problem of aspirates in Central Khmer and Northern Khmer."  

Sakamoto, Ayako. 2005. "Case marking of O and S in Khmer."  

Smith, Kenneth D. 1981. "A lexico-statistical study of 45 Mon-Khmer languages."

Spatar, Natalja M. 1997. "Imperative constructions in Cambodian."  

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 P. and Allard Jongman. 2002. "Registrogenesis in Khmer: a phonetic account."  

Wayland, Ratree P. and Guion, Susan G. 2005. "Sound changes following the loss of /r/ in Khmer: a new tonogenetic mechanism?."  

Wayland, Ratree. 1998. "An acoustic study of Battambang Khmer vowels."  

You Sey. 1976. " Some old Khmer affixation."