Khmer Language

According to many researches, Khmer Language is a part of the Mon-Khmer family and seems to appear with many of its characters and words derived from Sanskrit (3rd century) and Pali (15th century). Indeed, it is a very monosyllabic language. The word is invariable and there are no any very precise grammatical categories:  no conjugation to keep, no gender, no plural number, no article.

To speak and understand this beautiful language, it is necessary to know a big number of words to be able to use them in the suitable situation.  And don't forget either that its pronunciation is little bite complicated.

The Khmer language uses a very elegant writing but possesses a very complex alphabet, which is composed of 33 consonants and their subscript, 23 vowels, 12 independent vowels and several accents. Therefore, to learn this language directly with the original characters or transcriptions is still an individual choice. The transcription using here are borrowed from ... 

Although the Khmer language contains very simple grammar, we try to raise some of them so that you are able to understand better and learn from. Click here to see a summary of Khmer grammar rules.

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