Tuesday, December 11, 2012

The Khmer Language in Crisis


READING
MUST BE TRIGGERED
with INTERESTING MATERIALS.

READING
Must be free of the burdens
of having to fight the printed page
and mangled language.

READING
Is the beginning of effective DIALOGUE, of quality EDUCATION, of RECONCILIATION, of Cambodian FLOURISHING (PEACE with JUSTICE, or SHALOM).

A LANGUAGE IN CRISIS
The Written Khmer: The Problem
(edited version published in The Phnom Penh Post, 17 August 2012)



Venerable Chuon Nath's 1967 Dictionary
and other Authority
Venerable Chuon Nath with King Norodom Sihanouk


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10 comments:

Anonymous said...

If Khmer language is in crisis convert or change it to Vietnamese. That is way better, I think or may be you want to change Khmer root to Khmer Latin which is completely solve your issues.

Anonymous said...

Some dach Chhun Nat said to Sdach Sinorook;don't turns Srok Khmer to be communism if you want to be a communist state waite until I die.Sam dach Chun Nat opposed Sdach Sinorook communist ideal.After Sdach passed away Sinorook joint Yiek cong communism.Sinorook is to blamed for bringing communist to Srok Khmer.

Anonymous said...

Thai, India in Sanskrit most likely spell and read the same way as Khmer, why they have never complained that their languare is in crisis, I think crisis is in yours.

Anonymous said...

Theary Seng
Just curious from me the lost boy well,former lost boy rather,can you read or write in khmer's langauge? Its seem like you grew up abroad at a young age went to H.S and collage there and now back home again.I ask you honesty with all respect,if you can its great,but if you can't that is okay...I am former Lostboy can read&write in khmers language thanks for Kao I Dang camp Srok siam.

Lostboy.

Anonymous said...

I dont blame Samdech Sihanouk, he was the one to advise all khmer neither to join communist nor capitalist, but Kon Khmer had obsessed with the regimes, one to join communist and another to join capitalist, Professors, teachers, and students devoted themselves with Communist and government officers sided with capitalist. Sihanouk saw the clashes between both side that would ruin Cambodia and he tried very hard to stop it, but each side twisted and turned to ruin his repuation so they could prevail their parties. After all Khmer had to pay its consequences. However, I blamed America and Lon Nol who failed to Communist in Cambodia which allowed Communist killed so many Khmer in Cambodia.

Anonymous said...

If you dont listen to other who advise you that you are in crisis, I will soon run out of my patience, and soon my patience is run out I will start to curse at you with F word. And if you get mad at me, I am here in Long Beach waiting for you.

Anonymous said...

Theary,
You can pass state bar exam here in US, but you cannot pass Cambodian bar exam in Cambodia. I dont want to be rude that you are too ignorance in term of knowing and understanding Khmer language. Leave it alone and help Madam Muy Sok Hour instead or bleeding you butt to keep yourself busy if you are so bored.

Anonymous said...

Since this woman can't speak her own mother tongue, she blames khmer language is in crisis?

This Khmer language was used before
her great grandfather and great grandmother were exported from chino-viet to cambodia.

Please, leave my Khmer language alone or else...

You hear? you dumbf*ck...

Anonymous said...

some people can be highly educated idiot...

"naak khlas arhch jea panhavoan leukeu choankhpous"

please forgive my translation in crisis.

Anonymous said...

Theary Seng was exposed, she's a youn/cpp dog that tried to be Khmer hero. True Khmers don't to put down anything related to Khmer culture, language, writing, letters, religion, and the King's reputation. Fucken Seng last name is Chinese, she should pack up and be a Chinese ox caretaker.