Khmer people

The Khmer people are 97% of the people of Cambodia. They speak the Khmer language and most follow the Khmer style of Buddhism. There are over 15 million Khmers in Cambodia, and over a million Khmers in both Vietnam and Thailand.

Khmer People Media

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  World Map of populations of Khmer Diaspora *

  *     Cambodia*     + 1,000,000*     + 100,000*

  *     + 10,000*     + 1,000*     + 100*

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  Ancient Khmer script carved in stone

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  Map of South-east Asia showing Cambodia's territorial expansion from 1290 A.D. to present-day

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  Angkor Wat in the 1900s.

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  Upper class Khmer ladies in the 1800s.

• Khmer family 1896.jpg

  Cambodia, Pursat province, 1896, *an interpreter, his wife and their adoptive daughter.

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  Khmer dancers at Angkor Wat, 1920s.

• Ordination of new monks.jpg

  Ordination of new monks in Phnom Penh, Cambodia