Ethnolinguistic Groups of Cambodia

1. Ethnolinguistic Groups
of Cambodia
Estimated EGIDS values for languages in Cambodia
Primary Khmer
Name (English) Name (Khmer) Population EGIDS Bilingual Education
Location Orthography
Cham [cja] ចាម 204,080 Multiple 6a none none
Kuy, Kui [kdt] កំហែងHTraយ 28,612 Preah Vihear 7 Yes, INL recognized pilot NFE
Yes, INL recognized
Bunong, Phnong [cmo] ព$ង 37,507 Mondulkiri 5 NFE, pilot FE
MOEYS approved
Yes, INL recognized
Tampuan [tpu] ទពន់Hbodon 31,013 Ratanakiri 6b NFE, pilot FE
MOEYS approved
Jarai [jra] ចារាយ 26,335 Ratanakiri 5 In process none
Yes, INL recognized
Kreung (Brao Tanap) [krr] គំរាមកំហែងHង 18,214 Ratanakiri 6a NFE, pilot FE
MOEYS approved
Yes, INL recognized
Brao Ombaa [brb] សេរt૞HRemov ' 7,027 Ratanakiri 6a NFE
MOEYS approved
Stung Treng / Yes, INL recognized
Brao Kavet [krv] កាហែងHTrade )តិdexedHTextU 5,258 6a NFE, pilot FE
Ratanakiri MOEYS approved
Kachok [xkk] កាចកំហែងHTra 3,365 Ratanakiri 6b none none
Stieng [sti] សេរt૞HRemovស+,ង 6,541 Kratie 6b none none
Kraol [rka] សេរt૞HRemov កាល 4,202 Kratie 6b none none
Mel មល (កា ជំនួញmHf.កំហែងHTra) 1,697 Kratie 8b none none
Thmoan ថន់Hbodon 865 Kratie 7 none none
Khaonh សេរt૞HRemov0ញ 743 Kratie 8b none none
Somray [smu] សរាយ 4,100 Pursat 8b none none
Pear [pcb] ព1រំኩSቑH[~j 1,674 Preah Vihear 8a none none
Sa'ong (Suoy) សាអ2ង (សយ) 857 Kampong Speu 7 none none
Ch'ung (Saoch) [scq] ស3ច 445 Kampong Som 8b none none
Lao [lao] ឡា) 18,515 Stung Treng 6b none none
Vietnamese [vie] សេរt૞HRemov)5តិdexedHTextUណាម 72,775 Multiple 4 none private
Hakka [hak] ចន់Hbodonខិ ( (ហាកំហែងHTraកា) 5,000 Multiple 6b none none (private Mandarin)
Cantonese [yue] ចន់HbodonកំហែងHTraន្តាំ:ង 55,000 Multiple 6b none none (private Mandarin)
Hokkien [nan] ចន់Hbodon 2កំហែងHTraសេរt૞HRemovកំហែងHTra5ន់Hbodon 5,000 Multiple 6b none none (private Mandarin)
Teochiu [nan] ចន់HbodonទាជំនួញmHf) 440,000 Multiple 6b none none (private Mandarin)
Hainanese [nan] ចន់Hbodonហៃណា ណា 15,000 Multiple 6b none none (private Mandarin)
1 National ជាតិdexedHTextU
2 Regional តិdexedHTextUបន់Hbodon
3 Trade ជំនួញmHfន់Hbodonញ
E xpanded 4 Educational អបរំኩSቑH[~j
G raded 5 Written សរំኩSቑH[~jសេរt૞HRemovសរំኩSቑH[~j
I ntergenerational 6a Vigorous រំኩSቑH[~jងមាំ㿨PNearl
D isruption 6b Threatened គំរាមកំហែងHរាមកំហែងHTraហែងHTrade ង
S cale 7 Shifting ហែងHTrade ប បល
8a Moribund មន់HbodonលតិdexedHTextUលាស
8b Nearly Extinct ជំនួញmHfតិdexedHTextUសាបសន់Hbodon
9 Dormant អកំហែងHTraម
10 Extinct សាបសន់Hbodon
www.sil.org/~simonsg/preprint/EGIDS.pdf
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Based on the Ethnologue, a
publication of SIL International
www.ethnologue.com
December 2011