What's the Best Khmer- English/ English Khmer dictionary?

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Re: What's the Best Khmer- English/ English Khmer dictionary?

Post by Samouth »

here it is.

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Re: What's the Best Khmer- English/ English Khmer dictionary?

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I started with the Tuttle and it's still good though limited by its size. Professor Long Hairs is large and very good but the phonetics take some getting used to.
It's probably time for some clever barang to team up with a Khmer and write a new one. Those who live here know what is missing from the popular dictionaries. There is an awful lot of vocabulary that we need that is only available from Khmer friends.
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