Kmerski jezik
Kmerski jezik (ភាសាខ្មែរ) je zvanični jezik Kambodže. To je jezik naroda Kmer, najbrojnije etničke zajednice u zemlji. Ovaj se jezik ubraja u austroazijsku jezičku porodicu.

Sa susednim tai, lao i vijetnamskim jezikom, kmerski jezik sačinjava jezički savez. Za razliku od njih, kmerski nema melodijski akcenat.

Najraniji zapisi kmerskog jezika potiču iz 6-7. veka nove ere. Preko budizma i hinduizma, sanskrit je uticao na kmerski jezik. Kmerski jezik se zapisuje sopstvenim, kmerskim pismom, koje je slično tai i lao pismu.

Kmerskim jezikom se služi oko 13-21 milion ljudi.

Osobine 
Red reči u kmerskom odgovara šablonu: subjekat-glagol-objekat. Reči se najčešće sastoje iz jedne morfeme, a za tvorbu reči povremeno služe prefiksi i infiksi. Kmerske reči najčešće imaju dva ili tri sloga. Glagoli se često povezuju u nizove. Imenice nemaju rod ni broj. Kmerski jezik razlikuje nekoliko nivoa učtivog obraćanja.

Fonetika 

Napomena: izgovor je označen po IPA.

Literatura 

Ferlus, Michel. (1992). Essai de phonétique historique du khmer (Du milieu du premier millénaire de notre ère à l'époque actuelle)", Mon–Khmer Studies XXI: 57-89)
Headley, Robert and others. (1977). Cambodian-English Dictionary. Washington, Catholic University Press. 
Herington, Jennifer and Amy Ryan. (2013). Sociolinguistic Survey of the Khmer Khe in Cambodia . Chiang Mai: Linguistics Institute, Payap University.
Huffman, F. E., Promchan, C., & Lambert, C.-R. T. (1970). Modern spoken Cambodian. New Haven: Yale University Press. 
Huffman, F. E., Lambert, C.-R. T., & Im Proum. (1970). Cambodian system of writing and beginning reader with drills and glossary. Yale linguistic series. New Haven: Yale University Press. 
Jacob, Judith. 1974. A Concise Cambodian-English Dictionary. London, Oxford University Press. 
Jacob, J. M. (1996). The traditional literature of Cambodia: a preliminary guide. London oriental series, v. 40. New York: Oxford University Press. 
Jacob, J. M., & Smyth, D. (1993). Cambodian linguistics, literature and history: collected articles. London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. 
Keesee, A. P. K. (1996). An English-spoken Khmer dictionary: with romanized writing system, usage, and indioms, and notes on Khmer speech and grammar. London: Kegan Paul International. 
Meechan, M. (1992). Register in Khmer the laryngeal specification of pharyngeal expansion. Ottawa: National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada. 
Sak-Humphry, C. (2002). Communicating in Khmer: an interactive intermediate level Khmer course. Manoa, Hawai'i: Center for Southeast Asian Studies, School of Hawaiian, Asian and Pacific Studies, University of Hawai'i at Manoa. OCLC: 56840636
Smyth, D. (1995). Colloquial Cambodian: a complete language course. London: Routledge. 
Stewart, F., & May, S. (2004). In the shadow of Angkor: contemporary writing from Cambodia. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press. 
Tonkin, D. (1991). The Cambodian alphabet: how to write the Khmer language. Bangkok: Trasvin Publications.

Spoljašnje veze 

 Etnološki izveštaj o kmerskom jeziku
 Uvod u kmerski jezik
 englesko-kmersko-engleski rečnik 
Kheng.info—An online audio dictionary for learning Khmer, with thousands of native speaker recordings and text segmentation software.
Language Links Database - language links and resources for Khmer language
SEAlang Project: Mon–Khmer languages. The Khmeric Branch
Khmer Swadesh vocabulary list (from Wiktionary's Swadesh-list appendix)
Dictionary and SpellChecker open sourced and collaborative project based on Chuon Nath Khmer Dictionary
How to install Khmer script on a Windows 7 computer
How to install Khmer script on a Windows XP computer
Khmer  at UCLA Language Materials project 
Online Khmer & English dictionary 
Khmer Online Dictionaries
USA Foreign Service Institute (FSI) Cambodian basic course

Austroazijski jezici
Jugoistočna Azija
Jezici Kambodže
Jezici Vijetnama
Jezici Tajlanda