Cambodian (formerly known as Khmer) belongs to South Asian language family and Mongolian-Khmer language family, with Phnom Penh accent as the standard. Modern Cambodian has also absorbed many foreign words, including Sanskrit, Pali, French, Chinese, Thai and Vietnamese. Cambodian is the official language of Cambodia and English is widely used in government departments. Chinese and Vietnamese are common foreign languages used by ordinary citizens. In China, Beijing Foreign Studies University, Guangxi University for Nationalities, Yunnan University for Nationalities, Yunnan Normal University and other universities have set up Cambodian majors.
The Pinyin method of Cambodian consists of consonants and vowels. Consonants are divided into high consonants, low consonants, overlapping consonants and voiced consonants, and vowels are divided into high vowels, low vowels, polyphony and independent vowels. The use of Cambodian is strictly graded, which varies from person to person, and the royal language occupies a certain proportion in Cambodian.
The Historical Evolution of Khmer Language
The Khmer ancestral language has a long history, and the language used by the residents living in Cambodia in 20 19 AD is related to Khmer in 20 19 AD.
During the ancient Khmer language period, in Cambodia, which was deeply influenced by Indian culture, society was informally divided into high-level people who mastered Sanskrit and ordinary people who only knew Khmer. The earliest Khmer inscription found in Cambodia was engraved on 6 1 1, while the Sanskrit inscription was engraved two years later.
Sanskrit inscriptions praise gods, kings, ruling classes or monks in the form of poems; Khmer inscriptions, in the form of prose, record the process of temple construction, stipulate the duties of slaves, formulate a taxation system, and curse those who attempt to destroy temples. /kloc-In the 3rd century, most people in Cambodia converted to Buddhism at the throne, and the status of Pali gradually improved.
In the late Khmer Kingdom, a large number of scholars and classics of Indian culture gradually moved from Angkor to big cities in Thailand. From then to the Ang Chan I period, the Cambodian language changed permanently, and the status of Khmer language was greatly improved.
/kloc-In the middle and late 20th century, Cambodia became a protectorate of France, and French became the official language. Khmer is excluded and is not taught in schools. After Cambodia's independence, Khmer became the official language again and was written into the Constitution.
During this period, in order to solve the problem that Khmer lacked modern political, economic and scientific vocabulary, King Zuna and Cambodian Buddhist College borrowed a lot of Pali vocabulary, created modern Khmer vocabulary and compiled a Khmer Dictionary, which effectively protected Khmer and Khmer culture and prevented them from being replaced by French.
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