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KHMER [2 records]

Record 1 2018-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Inhabitant Names and Names of Peoples
DEF

A member of an aboriginal people of Cambodia.

OBS

Khmer: plural forms: Khmer; Khmers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms d’habitants et noms de peuples
DEF

[Membre du] peuple autochtone et majoritaire au Cambodge composé d'éléments centro-mongols superposés au fond indonésien.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Nombres de habitantes y nombres de pueblos
DEF

Individuo de un grupo étnico mayoritario en Camboya.

OBS

jemer; khemer: La Fundación del Español Urgente (Fundéu BBVA), con el asesoramiento de la Real Academia Española, recomienda emplear la palabra "jemer" y no el extranjerismo "khemer" para referirse a lo perteneciente al popular grupo étnico camboyano.

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Record 2 1995-06-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psycho-, Socio- and Ethnolinguistics
DEF

An Austroasiatic language, the official language of Cambodia spoken by a major percentage of the people in this country. It was written since the 7th century in an Indian-derived script.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psycho-, socio- et ethnolinguistique
DEF

Langue môn-khmer parlée par les Khmers. Langue officielle du Cambodge, elle s'écrit grâce à un système alphabétique emprunté à l'Inde du Sud.

Spanish

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