#6565 HIGH Never A: Khmer localization for Cambodia

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#6565: Khmer localization for Cambodia
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 Reporter:  Mokurai                |       Owner:  sayamindu     
     Type:  enhancement            |      Status:  new           
 Priority:  high                   |   Milestone:  Never Assigned
Component:  localization           |     Version:                
 Keywords:  Cambodia, Khmer, G1G1  |    Verified:  0             
 Blocking:                         |   Blockedby:                
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 We have promised more than 10,000 XOs to Cambodia, but not started the
 localization project needed. Much of the needed localization material
 exists in KhmerOS.

 Edward Cherlin
 ed at earthtreasury.org
 Mokurai
 Khmer
 khm

 http://www.ethnologue.org/show_language.asp?code=khm
 Khmer, Central
 A language of Cambodia

 ISO 639-3: khm

 Population      12,110,065 in Cambodia (2004). Population total all
 countries: 13,276,639.

 Region  Throughout the country. Also spoken in Canada, China, France,
 Laos, USA, Viet Nam.

 Alternate names         Khmer, Cambodian

 Dialects        Distinct from Northern Khmer of Thailand.

 Classification  Austro-Asiatic, Mon-Khmer, Eastern Mon-Khmer, Khmer

 Language use    Official language. 1,000,000 second-language speakers.

 Language development    35% of the population over 15 cannot read or write
 Khmer. Script derived from a southern Indian alphabet. First written
 during the period of Indian influence.

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