Cambodian: Khmer
John Haiman †
Cambodian is in many respects a typical Southeast Asian language, whose syntax at least on first acquaintance seems to approximate that of any SVO pidgin. On closer acquaintance, however, because of the richness of its idioms, the language seems to be a forbiddingly alien form of “Desesperanto” – a… read more[London Oriental and African Language Library, 16] 2011. xix, 425 pp.