National Policy on Khmer languages
The Khmers are one of the earliest peoples to inhabit large parts of Southeast Asia. Archaeological evidence shows that in Cambodia, people have been living since prehistoric times, such as skulls and human bones found at Samrong Sen Station, Kampong Leng district, Kampong Chhnang province, dated 1500 BC. The Funan Empire dates from the 1st to the 6th century AD, and the Chenla Empire began from the 6th to the 6th centuries AD, and became the largest Angkorian empire in Southeast Asia from the century on. 9th to 15th CE The empire left behind thousands of temples, including the famous Angkor Wat. The prestige of the Angkor Empire declined from 1431 and from 1863 to 1953, Cambodia was under French protectorate.
At present, Khmer people make up 90% of Cambodia's population. Cambodians have long had their own cultures, customs and languages. The majority of Cambodians are Buddhist.
Khmer, the ancient language of the Khmer language, is one of the more than 144 languages of the Mon Khmer language branch in the Asian languages. Ancient Khmer is still important because some languages in Southeast Asia, such as Thai, Lao, Kuo, Phnong, Snong, and other indigenous languages, are all influenced by Khmer.
Whereas the Khmer language itself has evolved throughout its long history and has been influenced by the South Indian language and culture, which has resulted in the borrowing of Sanskrit and Pali languages in Khmer, most of which are in the field. Philosophy, religion, law, administration, technical education, and so forth. Since Cambodia had been a French protectorate for almost a century, the Khmer language was also influenced by French, and the white language was used as an important language.
The French had begun to wane from the second half of the 20th century after Cambodia gained independence. From 1993, the Kingdom of Cambodia implemented a policy of liberal and pluralistic democracy, and due to the influence of globalization, English became an important language.
At the same time, Khmer script also has a long history. Hundreds of inscriptions dating from the 7th to the 15th centuries CE have been found to date in the Kingdom of Cambodia, southern Vietnam, Thailand, and Laos. An argument about the existence and prestige of ancient Khmer. The inscription in Angkumar, dated 611 AD, is considered to be the first Khmer inscription borrowed from the script of southern India. The ancient Khmer script has had 10 major developments so far, in two forms: the upper and lower case.
Currently, the use of the Khmer language, such as writing, pronunciation, Khmer grammar, has not been standardized, although we have adopted the Khmer Dictionary of the Fifth Edition by the Buddhist Institute, 1967-1968. . Moreover, for more than half a century, this dictionary has not been updated to suit the needs of the Khmer language. Moreover, the use of Khmer language in the media means television, radio, social media, the internet and so on. And on the logo, the organization's name, the country name, the location of the error and the disagreement.
Despite this situation, the demand for Khmer language is still high, especially in business, tourism, environment, technology and information. In response to the rapid growth of science, technology, society and economics.
For the purpose of promoting Khmer language, the Constitution of the Kingdom of Cambodia stipulates that the official language and script are Khmer and Khmer, and that the State is obliged to protect and expand the Khmer language as needed.
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