Language Professor Contributes to Khmer Culture, with Dictionaries, Aids, and Glossaries

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Language Professor Contributes to Khmer Culture, with Dictionaries, Aids, and Glossaries

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RUPP prof makes it his mission to build better dictionary
Huon Silaun | Publication date 05 December 2022 | 21:47 ICT
Ken Rangsey, a professor at the Department of Khmer Literature at the Royal University of Phnom Penh (RUPP), has come to prominence as one of the foremost experts on the finer details of the Khmer language.

Hailing from Preah Bat Choan Chum commune’s Kampong village of Takeo province’s Kirivong district, the 38-year-old has a way with words, one might say, but it’s not what you’re thinking it is.

Rangsey doesn’t write romantic poetry or eloquent essays. He writes textbooks and books about the individual words as part of his academic work.

After graduating from Tonleab High School in 2002, Rangsey earned a Bachelor’s degree in Khmer literature from RUPP in 2007. He was then hired by his alma mater to teach the subject while also teaching art history at the National Institute of Education (NIE).

Despite working full time and teaching at two different schools, Rangsey went on to earn his Master’s degree in linguistics from RUPP in 2009, which was what got him interested in the sort of work he’s known for doing today.

From 2015-2018, Rangsey lived in the Yunnan province of China and taught Khmer at the Yunnan Minzu University. He enjoyed the experience greatly and found it refreshing to be teaching students for whom Khmer wasn’t a first language. The students must have enjoyed the class as well because he won the “Outstanding Foreign Faculty” award at the university that year.

He then returned to China again for another Khmer language teaching stint at Guangdong University of Foreign Studies from 2020 up until his recent return to the Kingdom.

Rangsey’s textbooks and guidebooks on the Khmer language include the Glossary of Khmer Vocabulary published in 2014 and the Dictionary of Khmer Nouns Parts One, Two and Three published in 2017/18/19.

After taking a break for a year, in 2021 he published the Dictionary of Khmer Nouns Part Four while also authoring the Glossary of Khmer Adjectives and Adverbs. Just this year in 2022 he published another work called the Glossary of Khmer Synonyms, written with a co-author.
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Classic Khmer dictionary gets modern update: Now in print
Samban Chandara | Publication date 23 August 2023 | 21:43 ICT
An updated Khmer dictionary, compiled over nearly four years by experts from across the nation, is set to be unveiled in early September.

With the backing of the government, the National Council of Khmer Language (NCKL) at the Royal Academy of Cambodia (RAC) has overseen its creation.

On August 21, Sorn Pov, vice-president of the NCKL, revealed that the dictionary boasts 44,697 words.

These words, derived from 31,073 root words, encompass the full range of adjectives – positive, comparative, and superlative.

While a physical release is planned for September, it’s already accessible on smart phones.

Yang Peou, secretary-general of the Royal Academy of Cambodia, recollected that the RAC had foreshadowed a new dictionary release this year.

This would supplement the existing Khmer dictionary by Supreme Patriarch Chuon Nath.
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A New Khmer Dictionary Launched
AKP Phnom Penh, September 26, 2023 --
The Royal Academy of Cambodia (RAC) has officially launched a new Khmer dictionary compiled by its National Council for the Khmer Language to promote accurate and consistent use of the Cambodian language.

H.E. Vongsey Vissoth, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister in Charge of the Office of the Council of Ministers, presided over the launch at RAC on Sept. 25.

Applauding the historic achievement by RAC, H.E. Vongsey Vissoth called on students, youth, intellectuals, and scholars to make use of the dictionary.

He encouraged all government ministries and institutions to make accessible at least two Khmer dictionaries, which are the other one by Samdech Sangha Raja Jhotanano Chuon Nath and this one by RAC.

The deputy prime minister also encouraged the National Council for the Khmer Language to digitalise the new dictionary to meet the current needs of the public, including terms for economics, science, and information technology.
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