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HOW TO PRONOUNCE

khmer

/kəˈmɛɹ/

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What does khmer mean?

noun

  1. A member of an ethnolinguistic group that constitutes most of the population of Cambodia.

adjective

  1. Of or pertaining to the Khmer people or their language.

proper noun

  1. The national language of Cambodia, part of the Mon-Khmer language family.
More meanings (1)

proper noun

  1. An abugida used to write the Khmer language and sometimes Pali.

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IPA pronunciation

/kəˈmɛɹ/

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Other dictionary pronunciations

/kəˈmaɪ/
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Rural Cambodia, where 90% of almost ten million Khmer live, remains mired in poverty.
United States. Central Intelligence AgencyThe 1994 CIA World FactbookProject Gutenberg ebook #180