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  2. Khmer numerals - Wikipedia

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    Historically speaking, Khmer borrowed the numbers from 30 to 90 from a southern Middle Chinese variety by way of a neighboring Tai language, most likely Thai. [5] This is evidenced by the fact that the numbers in Khmer most closely resemble those of Thai, as well as the fact that the numbers cannot be deconstructed in Khmer.

  3. Khmer script - Wikipedia

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    Khmer script (Khmer: អក្សរខ្មែរ, Âksâr Khmêr [ʔaksɑː kʰmae]) [3] is an abugida (alphasyllabary) script used to write the Khmer language, the official language of Cambodia. It is also used to write Pali in the Buddhist liturgy of Cambodia and Thailand. Khmer is written from left to right.

  4. Khmer language - Wikipedia

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    The words for multiples of ten from 30 to 90 are not related to the basic Khmer numbers, but are Chinese in origin, and probably came to Khmer via Thai. Khmer numerals, which were inherited directly from Indian numerals, are used more widely than Western numerals, which like Khmer numerals were inherited from Indian, but first passed through ...

  5. Khmer inscriptions - Wikipedia

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    Khmer inscriptions are the only local written sources for the study of ancient Khmer civilization. [1] More than 1,200 Khmer inscriptions of varying length have been collected. [2] There was an 'explosion' of Khmer epigraphy from the seventh century, with the earliest recorded Khmer stone inscription dating from 612 AD at Angkor Borei. [3]

  6. Khom Thai script - Wikipedia

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    Historically, this script is known as Akson Khom (Khom Script, a variant of Khmer script) in Laos and Thailand. [3] The term khom (ขอม) means "Cambodia" or "Cambodian" and is used in historical chronicles; the modern term is khamen (เขมร). [4] Literally, the term "akson khom" means Khmer script. [5] [6]

  7. Romanization of Khmer - Wikipedia

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    The romanization of Khmer is a representation of the Khmer (Cambodian) language using letters of the Latin alphabet. This is most commonly done with Khmer proper nouns , such as names of people and geographical names, as in a gazetteer .

  8. Khmer grammar - Wikipedia

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    Since Khmer is an analytic language, word order is relatively fixed, as changes in word order often affect meaning. Khmer is generally a subject–verb–object (SVO) language. Topicalization is common: the topic of the sentence is often placed at the start, with the rest of the sentence a comment on that topic.

  9. Khmer - Wikipedia

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    Khmer nationalism, a form of nationalism founded in Cambodia; Khmer Republic, the official name of Cambodia from 1970 to 1975; Khmer Sâ (White Khmer), a pro-US force formed by the Khmer Republic's defence minister Sak Sutsakhan; Khmer script, the script used to write the Khmer and Khmer Loeu languages; Khmer Serei, anti-communist and anti ...