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Khmer
Contents: 1.
Grammar and Spelling Section One - Grammar and Spelling 1. Gender: There is no distinction in Khmer. 2.
Plurals: the plural can't be recognised,
they have articles before nouns. In Baley
3. Spelling:
Section Two - Punctuation 1. Full stops: Full stops are not used at the end of headings, titles, subtitles, dates or page numbers. 2.
Semi-colons: Semi-colons are used for changing
sound. e.g. 3. Capitalisation: This is often used in magazines, headings, titles and the beginning of sentences but is never used in simple writing. 4. Hyphenation: Words are hyphenated by syllable. Section Three – Measurements and Abbreviations 1. Measurements: Metric system is commonly used for length except for computer monitor (inches), inner diameter of pipes/tubes, nautical miles, the size of computer disks.
Time:
24 hour clock is used or can use AM = Date:
the Cambodian lunar calendar is divided into 12 or
13 months, a 29 or 30-day month. In a month, the 15
first days are shown by 20/02/2004, Day:
Month:
Lunar
month: Year:
In numbers, a comma is used for denoting decimals, a point is used for separating 4 digits in thousand. No space before a symbol, including °C 2. Abbreviations: Section Four - Geographic Distribution The Khmer
language is spoken in Cambodia and is the official
language. In addition, there are Khmer speakers in
Vietnam, Thailand, USA, France and Australian. Khmer
is descended from Baley Khmer is one of the main Austroasiatic languages. As result of their geographic proximity, the Khmer language has influenced Thai and Laotian, and vice versa. It differs to Thai, Laotian and Vietnamese in that it is not a tonal language. Language
Family Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khmer_language (accessed 14.06.05) Section Five - Character Set
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