Friday, September 13, 2013

Learning Khmer


Learning the native Cambodian language has been a slow but enjoyable process! Here are some of the best resources I've found;

Websites/videos;
http://www.seasite.niu.edu/khmer/
 -The most comprehensize website I've found. Teaches you the basics of the language; grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, general sentence structure, etc. It's broken up into different units and also has a quiz function to test your knowledge along the way!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0XPeQACWm4
-If you are more visually inclined; here's a youtube tutorial on the basics of Khmer(Lesson 1 of 5). 


http://www.studiomartin.us/learn-khmer-cambodian.cfm
-Good resource for learning Khmer script and vocabulary.


Books;
Cambodian for Beginners by Richard Gilbert
Everyday Khmer by multiple authors
I haven't read either yet, but many of my resources have referenced them and they seem to be a good starting point;

It is also helpful to purchase an English-Khmer Dictionary, though most don't have the phonetics from Khmer to English, so they're pretty useless unless you can read Khmer Script.


There is no Rosetta Stone for Khmer, but I've found a similar program called 2Speak, which sells a complete Khmer language course for $65.95. I'm planning on buying the course and will let you know if it's worth the money!
http://www.2speaklanguages.com/learn-khmer.html

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