Ti Khmer (ភាសាខ្មែរ, IPA: [pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]; wenno pormal laeng a, ខេមរភាសា, IPA: [kʰeɛmaʔraʔ pʰiːəsaː]), wenno Cambodiano, ket isu ti pagsasao dagiti Tattao a Khmer ken ti opisial a pagsasao ti Cambodia. Daytoy ti maikadua a kaaduan a maisasao nga Austroasiatiko a pagsasao (kalpasan ti Bietnamis), nga adda dagiti mangisasao kadagiti sangapulo a riwriw. Ti Khmer ket naipanunotan idin a naiimpluensian unay babaen ti Sanskrito ken Pali, a naipangpangruna kadagiti naarian ken relihioso a rehistro, babaen ti Hinduismo ken Budismo. Isu pay daytoy ti kasapaan a nairehistro ken kasapaan a naisurat a pagsasao ti pamilia a Mon–Khmer, a napetsaan sakbay ti Mon ken babaen ti adu a paggiddiatan ti Bietnamis.[2] Ti pagsasao a Khmer ket nakaimpluensia, ken naimpluensian babaen ti, Tailandes, Lao, Bietnamis ken Cham, nga amin dagitoy ket, gapu ti heograpiko a kainnasideg ken kapaut a kainnasideg ti kultura, ket agporma ti maysa a sprachbund idiay peninsula ti Abagatan a daya nga Asia.[3]
Ti Khmer ket nangruna a maysa a panangisalsalumina a pagsasao. Awan dagiti inpleksion, konhiohesion wenno panagipatingga a kaso. Imbes ket, dagiti partikula ken dagiti tumultulong a balikas ket naus-usar a mangipakita kadagiti gramatika a pannakaikabagian. Ti sapasap nga urnos ti balikas ket suheto–berbo–banag. Kaaduan kadagiti balikas ket maitutop ti kadawyan tabas ti a Mon-Khmer, nga adda ti maysa a "nangruna" a silaba a sinarunuan babaen ti maysa a menor a silaba.
Ti pagsasao a Khmer ket naisurat nga adda ti maysa nga abugida nga ammo iti Khmer a kas អក្សរខ្មែរ (IPA: [aʔksɑː kʰmaːe]). Ti Khmer ket maigiddiat kadagiti kaarruba a pagsasao a kas ti Tailandes, Lao ken Bietnamis gapu ta daytoy ket saan a maysa a maiyaweng a pagsasao.
Dagiti nagibasaran ken dagiti nota
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