Tag: Khmer language

Khmer belongs to the Austroasiatic phylum, one of the major language families of mainland Southeast Asia.​This linguistic map of the ...

NCKL refers to the National Council of Khmer Language (Khmer: ក្រុមប្រឹក្សាជាតិភាសាខ្មែរ), the body under the Royal Academy of Cambodia that ...

Cría cuervos is the title of a superb Spanish film by Carlos Saura released in 1976. The film’s title comes ...

Khmer people often like to use figurative expressions. For example, in the case of a bounced check, they refer to ...

The last Angkor Dictation Competition that was held in January 2025 was a huge success.The organizers (mainly Cambodianess) have had ...

“The tongue is like a double-edged sword”, according to AI The Khmer saying "អណ្ដាតជាអាទិកន្លង ស្លាប់ផង រស់ផង ពីព្រោះអណ្ដាត" (The tongue leads—both ...

A beautiful Khmer widow portrayed by AI (©Pascal Médeville) The Khmer saying កក​ក៏​បាយ មេម៉ាយ​ក៏​ស្រី កន្ទុយបារី​ក៏​ថ្នាំ, meaning literally “Cold Rice is ...

Chuon Nath in 1931 (Photo: Ministère de l'Information (Cambodge), Public domain) Chuon Nath (ជួន ណាត) (1883–1969) was a seminal figure ...

Approximate locations where various dialects of Khmer are spoken (WilliamThweatt, CC BY-SA 3.0) The Khmer language (ភាសាខ្មែរ), also known as ...