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Khmer (/ k ə ˈ m ɛər / kə-MAIR; [3] ខ្មែរ, UNGEGN: Khmêr) is an Austroasiatic language spoken natively by the Khmer people. This language is an official language and national language of Cambodia. The language is also widely spoken by Khmer people in Eastern Thailand and Isan, Thailand, also in Southeast and Mekong Delta of Vietnam.
This is the pronunciation key for IPA transcriptions of Khmer on Wikipedia. It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Khmer in Wikipedia articles, and example words that illustrate the sounds that correspond to them.
The results do not always reflect standard Khmer pronunciation, as no special treatment is given to unpronounced letters and irregular pronunciations, although the two registers of Khmer vowel symbols are often taken into account. When transcription is used, words are romanized based on their pronunciation. However, pronunciation of Khmer can ...
Khmer names are usually pronounced with the stress (emphasis) placed on the last syllable. [12] Khmer uses a glottal stop (the brief stop in uh-oh) and other stops: p, t, c and k which may or may not occur with aspiration. In romanizations of Khmer script, aspiration (i.e., a breath sound) is usually marked with an h.
Northern Khmer differs from the standard language, based on a dialect of Central Khmer, in the number and variety of vowel phonemes, consonantal distribution, lexicon, grammar, and, most notably, pronunciation of syllable-final /r/, giving Northern Khmer a distinct accent easily recognizable by speakers of other dialects. Some speakers of ...
Ung is a Latin-alphabet spelling of two Cambodian surnames, given below in Geographic Department romanization: . Oeng (Khmer: អ៊ឹង; Khmer pronunciation:), which can be found among Chinese Cambodians as a Khmer-alphabet transcription of the Amoy Hokkien pronunciation of the Chinese surname Huáng (Chinese: 黃).
Sa'och (Khmer pronunciation: [sa ʔoc], also, "Sauch") is an endangered, nearly extinct Pearic language of Cambodia and Thailand spoken only occasionally by a decreasing number of older adults. There are two dialects, one spoken in Veal Renh Village, Prey Nob District , Sihanoukville Province (formerly known as Kampong Som Province), Cambodia ...
According to one Khmer legend attributed by George Coedes to a tenth century inscription, the Khmers arose from the union of the Brahmana Kambu Swayambhuva and the apsara ("celestial nymph") Mera. Their marriage is said to have given rise to the name Khmer and founded the Varman dynasty of ancient Cambodia. [32]