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The Kingdom of Cambodia is the official English name of the country. The English Cambodia is an anglicisation of the French Cambodge, which in turn is the French transliteration of the Khmer កម្ពុជា (Kâmpŭchéa, pronounced [kampuciə]). Kâmpŭchéa is the shortened alternative to the country's official name in Khmer ...
Khmer Krom, or Southern Khmer, is the first language of the Khmer of Vietnam, while the Khmer living in the remote Cardamom Mountains speak a very conservative dialect that still displays features of the Middle Khmer language. Khmer is primarily an analytic, isolating language. There are no inflections, conjugations or case endings.
The communes of Cambodia (ឃុំ khum / សង្កាត់ sangkat) are the third-level administrative divisions in Cambodia. They are the subdivisions of the districts and municipalities of Cambodia. Communes can consist of as few as 1 [ 1 ] or as many as 33 [ 2 ] villages (phum), depending on the population. There are a total of 1,652 ...
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Population. (1998) [1] • Total. 15,355. Time zone. +7. This article contains Khmer text. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Khmer script. Phnum Proek (Khmer: ភ្នំព្រឹក) is a district (srok) of Battambang province, in north-western Cambodia.
The Khom script (Thai: อักษรขอม, romanized: akson khom, or later Thai: อักษรขอมไทย, romanized: akson khom thai; Lao: ອັກສອນຂອມ, romanized: Aksone Khom; Khmer: អក្សរខម, romanized: âksâr khâm) is a Brahmic script and a variant of the Khmer script used in Thailand and Laos, [2] which is used to write Pali, Sanskrit, Khmer ...
Khun Poom Jensen [Note 1] (Thai: พุ่ม เจนเซน; RTGS: Phum; Thai pronunciation:; 16 August 1983 – 26 December 2004), born Bhumi Jensen (also spelled Poomi Jensen, [1] [2] [3] Thai: ภูมิ เจนเซน; RTGS: Phumi; Thai pronunciation:), was a grandson of King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand, after whom he was named.
10th–13th centuries. Phanom Rung Historical Park is an archaeological site in Thailand, covering the ruins of Prasat Phanom Rung (Thai: ปราสาทพนมรุ้ง, pronounced [prāː.sàːt pʰā.nōm.rúŋ]), a Hindu Khmer Empire temple complex set on the rim of an extinct volcano at 402 metres (1,319 ft) elevation. It is ...