1. a member of a people who constitute the majority of the inhabitants of Cambodia and live also in parts of SE Thailand and the Mekong delta of Vietnam. 2. the Mon-Khmer language of the Khmers: the official language of Cambodia. 3. Cambodian (def. 2). Random House Kernerman Webst...
(Cambodians), a nation, the main population of Cambodia. Population, more than 6 million in Cambodia (1970, estimate); in addition, there are more than 600,000 Khmers living in South Vietnam and more than 350,000 in Thailand. They speak Khmer (Cambodian). Their religion is Hinayana Buddh...
A survey of 262 villages in 58 districts of the three provinces of Northeastern Thailand where Northern Khmer is spoken revealed widespread multilingualism involving as many as four languages (Northern Khmer, Thai Lao and Kuy). The nature and extent of this multilingualism was related to location ...
A country of southeast Asia on the Gulf of Thailand. Once part of the Khmer empire that ruled the entire Mekong River valley, the area was controlled after the 15th century by the neighboring kingdoms of Siam and Annam. Cambodia became part of French Indochina in the 19th century and procla...
Angkor Thom was one of the largest cities in the pre-modern world and the last capital of theKhmerEmpire, a Hindu-Buddhist power that ruled in Southeast Asia from around 802 to 1431 C.E. and at its peak controlled much of modern-day Cambodia, Thailand, Laos and southern Vietnam.—Marghe...
several tribal groups in Cambodia (Por, Chon, and Kui), South Vietnam (Bahnar, Sedang, Van-kieu), Laos (Soai, Bo, So), and Thailand (Kui, Soai). One of the oldest ethnic groups in Indochina. Total population, 1.7 million people (1970, estimate). The languages of the Highland ...
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. They may be built close to the ground or on stilts. The major Khmer Loeu groups in Cambodia are the Kuy, Phnong, Brao, Jarai, and Rade. All but about 160,000 Kuy lived in the northern Cambodia provinces of Kampong Thom, Preah Vihear, and Stoeng as well as in adjacent Thailand....
Angkor Thom was one of the largest cities in the pre-modern world and the last capital of the Khmer Empire, a Hindu-Buddhist power that ruled in Southeast Asia from around 802 to 1431 C.E. and at its peak controlled much of modern-day Cambodia, Thailand, Laos and southern Vietnam. Mar...
The only record the Kimbell obtained about its origins was a signed guarantee from Latchford claiming the statue had been in his possession in Thailand since 1968 and had legally been shipped to the UK in 1987, a museum spokeswoman said. Latchford has made similar claims about contested Khmer ...