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Khmer

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Khmer is an Austroasiatic language spoken natively by the Khmer people and is an official language and national language of Cambodia. It is also widely spoken by Khmer people in Eastern Thailand and Isan, Thailand, and in the Mekong and southeastern regions of Vietnam.

Facts
ISO 639-3 Code
khm 1
Speaker Count
19,000,000 1
2019 estimate, first-language (L1) speakers; the infobox also gives a second-language total of 1 million (2024) and a combined total of 21 million (2019-2024), not captured here.
Region
Cambodia, Thailand (East and Isan), Vietnam (Mekong Delta and Southeast) 1
Classification
Official Status
Official Language 1
Connections

Written In

Khmer Script, Scripts
Source Wikipedia: Khmer Language
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Khmer Language
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  • Lead section
    Khmer is an Austroasiatic language spoken natively by the Khmer people and is an official language and national language of Cambodia. The language is also widely spoken by Khmer people in Eastern Thailand and Isan, Thailand, as well as in the Southeastern and Mekong regions of Vietnam.
  • Infobox, ISO 639-3
    khm
  • Infobox, Speakers
    L1: 19 million (2019)
  • Infobox, Native to
    Cambodia, Thailand (East and Isan), Vietnam (Mekong Delta and Southeast)
  • Official status, Khmer entity page
    Khmer is an Austroasiatic language spoken natively by the Khmer people and is an official language and national language of Cambodia.
  • Written In: Khmer Script
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