Khmer Unicode

សូម​ស្វាគមន៍​ការ​មក​ដល់​គេហទំព័រ​របស់​យើង​ខ្ញុំ!

Can you see above sentence in Khmer letter?

If not, you must see them as a long line of question marks ????????????????? or maybe a line of boxes, which means your computer doesn't have Khmer Unicode installed!!!

Windows Vista has built-in Khmer Unicode font "Daun Penh."

But if your operating system is Windows XP or other versions of Windows, or if you want to use Khmer Unicode which has keyboard layout similar to Limon fonts, please download it here:

Download: Khmer Unicode 1.2.5


Note: In Windows Vista, the default Khmer Unicode font appears very small in Internet Explorer, Opera, and Google Chrome because the default font for Khmer Unicode is Daun Penh, which is smaller than Khmer OS fonts. However, I don't see this problem in Firefox browser. The font appears big enough in Firefox

អស្ដា និង អក្សរ "ដ"

នៅ​ក្នុង​ភាសា​ខ្មែរ​ មាន​អព្ភន្តរសញ្ញា​ជា​ច្រើន​ដែល​ធ្វើ​អោយ​មាន​ការ​ភាន់​ច្រលំ​ក្នុង​ការ​សរសេរ ដូច​ជា​ពាក្យ "ដរាប" មាន​ពេល​ខ្លះ​ត្រូវ​បាន​សរសេរ​ជា "ដ៏រាប"។ ដូច្នេះ​យើង​ត្រូវ​មាន​វិធីសាស្ត្រ​សំរាប់​ចំនាំ​ពាក្យ​ទាំង​នោះ។ ចំពោះ​របៀប​ប្រើ អស្ដា និង អក្សរ "ដ" អ្នក​គ្រូ​ ឡុង ធារិន នៃ​វិទ្យាល័យ​បាក់ទូក ក្រុង​ភ្នំ​ពេញ​ បាន​បង្ហើប​នូវ​ឃ្លា​ដ៏​ខ្លី​មួយ​សំរាប់​ចំនាំ​គឺ "ដរាប ដដែល ដទៃ ដ ទាំងបី គ្មាន​អស្ដា​ទេ!"។

សិក្សា​ភាសា​ខ្មែរ​ថ្នាក់​ដំបូង Cambodian Basic

You can get free material to learn basic Khmer language from fsi-language-courses.com. Although the materials are very old, they are still useful for learning Khmer language. They also provide materials for other languages also.

អ្នក​អាច​ដោនឡូត​យក​ឯកសារ​សំរាប់​រៀន​ភាសា​ខ្មែរ​ថ្នាក់​ដំបូង​ពី​គេហទំព័រ​ fsi-language-courses.com។ ទោះបីជាឯកសារ​ទាំងនោះ​ចាស់​បន្តិច​មែន​ ប៉ុន្តែ​វា​អាច​ជួយ​សំរួល​ដល់​ការ​សិក្សា​ភាសា​ខ្មែរ​របស់​អ្នក​បាន។ គេហទំព័រ​នោះ​ក៏ផ្ដល់​នូវ​ឯកសារ​សំរាប់​សិក្សា​ភាសា​ដទៃ​ទៀត​ផង។

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ចុច​ត្រង់​នេះ ដើម្បី​ទៅ​កាន់​គេហទំព័រ​នោះ។

Khmer Dictionary

The Buddhist Institute has developed an electronic dictionary based on Chuon Nath's Khmer dictionary, fifth edition, published in 1967.



This program works in Windows XP and Vista. Khmer Unicode and DotNet Framework are required to run this program (both are included in the rar file below).

You can grab a free copy here: http://www.budinst.gov.kh/files/software/The_Khmer_Dictionary_of_the_Buddhist_Institute_Pack.rar

To extract the file, use WinRar: http://rarlab.com/rar/wrar380.exe

Then follow the instruction in the "Read me.pdf" file in the rar archive.

Source: http://www.budinst.gov.kh/?q=node/283

Learning Khmer

For some foreigners, Khmer, the language of Cambodian people, is one of the most difficult languages. It is true that for non-native speakers, every foreign language can be difficult, so it's normal to feel this way towards Khmer language, and don't let this feeling obstruct your curiosity.

Don't be surprised when seeing foreigners, especially the Westerners, who can speak perfect Khmer with Khmer accent. There are some who can even sing very well in Khmer. Pretty amazing huh?

In fact it's not that special. With hard work and practice, you will be able to achieve your goal. Your effort is the most powerful weapon!