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Pages in category "Khmer-language names" The following 179 pages are in this category, out of 179 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Arunrasmy;
Other ethnic groups, particularly Chinese-Cambodians and Vietnamese-Cambodians, may have a family name that is taken by each generation, in which case the name is pronounced similarly to the language of origin but within the bounds of Khmer phonology. Below is a list of some common family names, [14] some of which are also found as given names.
The Austroasiatic languages [note 1] (/ ˌ ɒ s t r oʊ. eɪ ʒ i ˈ æ t ɪ k, ˌ ɔː-/ OSS-troh-ay-zhee-AT-ik, AWSS-) are a large language family spoken throughout Mainland Southeast Asia, South Asia and East Asia.
Khmer is a member of the Austroasiatic language family, the autochthonous family in an area that stretches from the Malay Peninsula through Southeast Asia to East India. [5] Austroasiatic, which also includes Mon , Vietnamese and Munda , has been studied since 1856 and was first proposed as a language family in 1907. [ 6 ]
Numbering about 31,000, the Tampuan people live in the mountainous Southern and Western portions of the Cambodian province of Ratanakiri. They have their own language of the Mon–Khmer language family. Tampuans, along with the other Mon-Khmer groups of the mountains, are referred to as Khmer Loeu ("Upper Khmer") by the Khmer majority.
[17] [18] Mainland Southeast Asia had been populated on land routes by members of the Austroasiatic language family, such as the Mon people and the Khmer people around 5,000 years ago. The Chams were accomplished Austronesian seafarers that from centuries populated and soon dominated maritime Southeast Asia . [ 19 ]
This is a list of notable Cambodian people, persons from Cambodia or of Khmer descent. Aki Ra; Am Rong; Ampor Tevi; Arn Chorn-Pond; Beat Richner; Bérénice Marlohe; Bour Kry; Chan Nak; Chan Sy; Chanthou Oeur; Chath Piersath; Chea Sim; Chea Soth; Chea Vichea; Cheam Channy; Cheng Heng; Chhet Sovanpanha; Chhim Sothy; Chhom Nimol; Chhouk Rin; Chou ...
The Kuy language belongs to the Austroasiatic language family, within which several more closely related languages, including Bru, Ta-Oi, and Kuy, among others, make up the Katuic subgroup. Kuy accounts for the largest group of Katuic speakers with recent estimates placing their numbers at 800,000, double the more conservative traditionally ...