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, especially in the ryal an releegious registers, through the vehicles o Hinduism an Buddhism. It is an aa the earliest recordit an earliest written leid o the Mon-Khmer family, predatin Mon an bi a significant margin Vietnamese. As a result o geographic proximity, the Khmer leid haes influenced, and an aa been influenced bi; Thai, Lao, Vietnamese and Cham many of which all form a pseudo-sprachbund in peninsular Southeast Asia, since most contain high levels of Sanskrit and Pali influences.

Khmer haes its awn script, an abugida kent in Khmer as Aksar Khmer. Khmer differs frae neighborin leids such as Thai, Lao an Vietnamese in that it is no a tonal leid.