Khmer Basic Course

by Richard B. Noss (Editor), Im Proum, Dale I. Purtle

This course is level 2 of the Khmer course from the Foreign Service Institute. The course provides samples of two different Cambodian dialects. Standard Cambodian, the approved speech style of public education and mass communications, occupies a central position among the dialects and corresponds more closely with the writing system that any other. The dialect of Phnom Penh, the capital differs sharply from Standard in phonology but not appreciably in other respects. There are dialogs for comprehension, vocabulary lists and sentences to repeat after the instructor on the CDs. The Khmer script is used exclusively in this volume. Re-issued on CD in 2005. 29 CDs (21 hrs.) & 363-p. text. Product no. AFKH50D.

363 pages, Audio CD

First published December 1, 1970