Khmer leid

Khmer (ភាសាខ្មែរ), or Cambodian, is the leid o the Khmer fowk an the offeecial leid o Cambodie. It is the seicont maist widely spaken Austroasiatic leid (efter Vietnamese), wi speakers in the tens o millions. Khmer haes been considerably influenced bi Sanskrit an Pali, inspecially in the ryal an releegious registers, throuch the vehicles o Hinduism an Buddhism. It is the earliest recordit an earliest written leid o the Mon-Khmer faimily  an aa, predatin Mon an, bi a significant margin, Vietnamese. As a result o geographic proximity, the Khmer leid haes influenced, and been influenced bi Thai, Lao, Vietnamese an Cham an aa, mony o whilk aw form a pseudo-sprachbund in peninsular Southeast Asia, syne maist conteen heich levels o Sanskrit an Pali influences.

Khmer haes its awn script, an abugida kent in Khmer as Aksar Khmer.
Khmer differs frae neighborin leids lik Thai, Lao an Vietnamese in that it isna a tonal leid.

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