Austroasiatic family
Khmer
c. 1400 CE – today Living
Khmer (c. 1400 CE – today) is a living Austroasiatic language. Lineage: Proto-Austroasiatic → Old Khmer → Khmer.
See Khmer on the interactive map- Speakers
- 17M (17,000,000)
- ISO 639-3
- khm
- Glottocode
- cent1989
National language of Cambodia. Covers Middle Khmer (15th–18th c.) and Modern Khmer.
Lineage
- Proto-Austroasiaticc. 3,000 BCE – 2,000 BCE
- Old Khmer611 CE – 1400 CE
- Khmerc. 1400 CE – today