HOW TO PRONOUNCE
khmer
/kəˈmɛɹ/
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What does khmer mean?
noun
- A member of an ethnolinguistic group that constitutes most of the population of Cambodia.
adjective
- Of or pertaining to the Khmer people or their language.
proper noun
- The national language of Cambodia, part of the Mon-Khmer language family.
More meanings (1)
proper noun
- An abugida used to write the Khmer language and sometimes Pali.
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IPA pronunciation
/kəˈmɛɹ/
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Rural Cambodia, where 90% of almost ten million Khmer live, remains mired in poverty.