Khmer, any member of an ethnolinguistic group that constitutes most of the population of Cambodia. Smaller numbers of Khmer also live in southeastern Thailand and the Mekong River delta of southern Vietnam.
The Khmer Empire was one of the most powerful and advanced civilizations of the medieval world, ruling much of Southeast Asia for over 600 years. Centered around Angkor, it engineered massive ...
The Khmer people are an ethnic group native to Cambodia. They comprise over 95% of Cambodia's population of 17 million. They speak the Khmer language, which is ...
Khmer is a Mon-Khmer language spoken mainly in Cambodia, and also in Vietnam and Thailand. There are about 16 million Khmer speakers in Cambodia, and about 1.2 million speakers of the language in Vietnam.
The Khmer people (ជនជាតិខ្មែរ), forming the vast ethnic majority in Cambodia (more than 90%), are central to the story of Southeast Asia’s culture and civilization.
The Khmer, the dominant Indigenous ethnicity of Cambodia, trace their heritage to the powerful Angkor civilization that flourished from the 9th to 15th centuries.
The Khmer empire was a powerful state in South East Asia, formed by people of the same name, lasting from 802 CE to 1431 CE. At its peak, the empire covered much of what today is Cambodia, Thailand, Laos, and southern Vietnam.
Khmer is the national language of Cambodia and the second largest Austroasiatic language after Vietnamese. In contrast with Vietnamese, Khmer has typical Austroasiatic features like monosyllabic or disyllabic words, a complex vowel system and lack of tones.
Khmer, any member of an ethnolinguistic group that constitutes most of the population of Cambodia. Smaller numbers of Khmer also live in southeastern Thailand and the Mekong River delta of southern Vietnam.