Cultural Profile: Cambodia

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Cambodia

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Cambodia is officially known as the Kingdom of Cambodia is situated in the southern Asia, in the southern part of the Indonesian Peninsula, bordered by Thailand to the northwest, Laos to the northeast, Vietnam to the east, and the Gulf of Thailand to the southwest. In Cambodia the dominant religion is Buddhism and it is very important in the culture, religion is an important factor and influences in a high degree on the culture. Besides he Cambodian culture is known to be traditional and based on honouring their ancestors and living life with honesty, humility and kindness. It is important to known that Khmer refers to “a noun or adjective can refer to the Cambodian language, people, or culture and thus suggests an ethnic and linguistic identity more than a political entity” , so more than the Cambodian culture is the Khmer culture being studied and analyse, for having at the end a large degree in understanding of this unique culture.
Khmer is the official language of Cambodia, and it is used in most social contexts (Government, education and Media), it is spoken by more or less the 90% of the population although the other 10% speak other languages, but as in every language it has different dialects and this can be differ by the region. The dialect from Phnom Pehn, the capital is considered the dominant and right one. The Khmer language belong to the Austroasiatic language family and it is related to Vietnamese and Thai languages, but at the same time due to the French Colonization there exist numerous French words that have been incorporated into the language. Besides it has been conclude that Khmer writing have derived from the Indian system, this shows that Cambo...

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