Khmer leid

Khmer (ភាសាខ្មែរ), or Cambodian, is the leid o the Khmer fowk an the offeecial leid o Cambodie. It is the seicont maist widely spaken Austroasiatic leid (efter Vietnamese), wi speakers in the tens o millions. Khmer haes been considerably influenced bi Sanskrit an Pali, inspecially in the ryal an releegious registers, throuch the vehicles o Hinduism an Buddhism. It is the earliest recordit an earliest written leid o the Mon-Khmer faimily an aa, predatin Mon an, bi a significant margin, Vietnamese. As a result o geographic proximity, the Khmer leid haes influenced, and been influenced bi Thai, Lao, Vietnamese an Cham an aa, mony o whilk aw form a pseudo-sprachbund in peninsular Southeast Asia, syne maist conteen heich levels o Sanskrit an Pali influences.

Khmer
Cambodian
ភាសាខ្មែរ
Pronunciation	IPA: [pʰiə.ˈsaː kʰmae]
Native tae	Cambodie, Vietnam, Thailand
Ethnicity	Khmer, Northren Khmer, Khmer Krom
Native speakers	16 million (2007)
Leid faimily	Austro-Asiatic Khmer
Early forms	Auld Khmer Middle Khmer
Dialects	Battambang Phnom Penh Khmer Surin (Northren Khmer) Khmer Krom (Soothren Khmer) Cardamom Khmer (Wastren Khmer) Khmer Khe
Writin seestem	Khmer script (abugida) Khmer Braille
Offeecial status
Offeecial leid in	Cambodie ASEAN
Recognised minority leid in	Vietnam Thailand
Regulatit bi	Ryal Academy o Cambodie
Leid codes
ISO 639-1	km – Central Khmer
ISO 639-2	khm – Central Khmer
ISO 639-3	Either: khm – Khmer kxm – Northren Khmer
Glottolog	khme1253  Khmeric cent1989  Central Khmer
Linguasphere	46-FBA-a
Khmer

Khmer haes its awn script, an abugida kent in Khmer as Aksar Khmer. Khmer differs frae neighborin leids lik Thai, Lao an Vietnamese in that it isna a tonal leid.