Khmer Unicode 3.0.1

The Khmer alphabet is descended from the Brahmi script of ancient India by way of the Pallava script, which was used in southern India and South East Asia during the 5th and 6th Centuries AD. The oldest dated inscription in Khmer, found at Angkor Borei in Takev Province south of Phnom Penh, dates from 611 AD.
Khmer Unicode 3.0.1

កម្មវិធី Khmer Unicode Typing. KUNumber is java framework to be able to convert number from English to Khmer Unicode or Cambodia number. Downloads: 0 This Week Last Update: 2012-10-05 See Project 15. Khmer Unicode, Free Download by Khmer Software Initiative. We do not have a download file for the latest version (5.0), but you can try downloading it from the developer's site.

The Khmer alphabet closely resembles the Thai and Lao alphabets, which developed from it.

Notable features:
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  • This is syllabic alphabet in which each consonant has two forms, one with an inherent /a/ (first series) and one with an inherent /o/ (second series)
  • Vowels are indicated using either separate letters or diacritics, which written above, below, in front of, after or around consonants. The pronunciation of the vowels depends on whether a consonant they are attached to is of the first or second series.
  • All consonants have a subscript form which is used to write the second consonant of a cluster.
  • In a Khmer text there are no spaces between words, instead spaces indicate the end of a clause or sentence.
  • Inspite of efforts to standardise written Khmer, many words have more than one accepted spelling.

Used to write:

Khmer/Cambodian (ភាសាខ្មែរ), a member of the Mon-Khmer group of Austro-Asiatic languages, spoken by about 10 million people in Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, China, France and the USA. Khmer shares many features and much vocabulary with Thai as a result of centuries of two-way borrowing. There are also borrowings from Sanskrit, Pali, French and Chinese in Khmer.

Khmer alphabet

Khmer Unicode 2.0.1 Free Download

Consonants


Subscript consonants


Inpedendent vowels


Numerals


Sample text



http://2speaklanguages.com/2speak-khmer-starter/

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How to install Khmer Unicode to enable your computer to read and write Khmer language from Khmeros.info


Welcome to KhmerOS

Important Downloads

Prepare your computer for Unicode - click here
Khmer Unicode Installer (940 KB), read more

Khmer Email Application
Moyura 3.0.1 for Windows (10.8 MB)
Khmer Web Browser
Mekhala 3.6 for Windows (8.8 MB), read more

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Windows | Linux | read more
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Set Up Khmer Unicode For Window Vista 64-bit:

Microsoft Window Vista 64-bit comes with ready Khmer Unicode, and you should be able to view Khmer text website (such as http://www.cambodia.org/news/ or RFA - http://www.fra.org/khmer/) except that the Khmer text is very small. KhmerUnicode2.0.0.exe (Khmer Unicode 2.0 and Khmer Unicode Keyboard - NIDA 1.0) is not required for Vista 64-bit; however, you may need to install it in your Vista 64-bit in order to view the right size of Khmer text website. Go to Khmer Unicode for Window Vista 32-bit and Window XP to install KhmerUnicode2.0.0

The above will not help you be able to select font easily. After you've the above, you are recommended to follow the below instruction of setting up the keyboards in order to be able to select either font Khmer, English, or any other Unicode.


  1. Click 'Start' and click on 'Control Panel' as indicating by the arrow

  2. Select 'Control Panel Home' and click 'Change the keyboard or other input methods' as indecating by the arrow

  3. Make sure that 'Keyboards and Language' tab is selected. And, click on 'Change Keyboards' as indicating by the arrow

  4. Make sure that 'General' tab is selected. And click on 'Add' button as indicating arrow

  5. Scroll down the scrolling bar untill you see 'Khmer'. Click on 'Khmer (Cambodia)'. Click on 'Keyboard'. Check 'Khmer' check box. And then, click OK as indicating arrow.

  6. You should see 'Khmer (Cambodia)' And then, click 'Apply' and 'OK' buttons.

  7. Click 'OK' button and close the rest.

  8. Now, you should be able to see on the 'task bar' at the bottom of your dekstop. You can click on 'En' and select 'Khmer (Cambodia)' and you can type Khmer.

Keyboard

Keyboard layout will be a little bit different such as if you want to type 'Chherng', you need to press 'space' first, then press the character. Keyboard layout will be published soon.

This page does not focus on the technical part of how Khmer Fonts were created nor the fundamental of Khmer Unicode, but how to utilize Khmer font and where to get Khmer fonts. If you have any questions about the fonts here please feel free to send them too: , thank you.

Download

Khmer Unicode
•Khmer Fonts Unicode

Khmer Unicode for Window XP
• KhmerUnicode2.0.0.zip
• KhmerUnicode1.3.0.zip
• Documents How to Write
Khmer Unicode for Window Vista
• Instruction to Set Up Khmer Unicode for Vista (PDF)
Khmer Unicode Keyboard Layout
• NIDA Keyboard Layout (if you use KhmerUnicode2.0.0.zip. Mostlikely, when you are using Window XP)
• Vista Keyboard Layout
Khmer Converter
• KhmerConverterSetup-1.5.1.zip
Traditional Khmer Fonts
• Limon Fonts
• ABC Zero-Space Fonts
• Keyboard Layout for Limon Fonts
• Keyboard Layout for ABC Zero-Space
KhmerOS Fonts - KhmerUnicode
• All KhmerOS fonts(V.5.0) (2.5 MB)
• Khmer OS (259 KB)
• Khmer OS System (258 KB)
• Khmer OS Moul (311 KB)
• Khmer OS Freehand (244 KB)
• Khmer OS Fasthand (232 KB)
• Khmer OS Metal Chrieng (226 KB)
• Khmer OS battambang (202 KB)
• KhmerOS bokor (209 KB)
• Khmer OS muol light (227 KB)
• Khmer OS muol pali (137 KB)
• Khmer OS siemreap (129 KB)
• Khmer OS content (195 KB)

Early Version Download:

Khmer Unicode 3.0.1 Download

To type Khmer fonts on the web, download the following:

Khmer Unicode 2.0.1.exe

  • MS-Windows Khmer Fonts Package: File size ~141k
  • Keyboard Template: File size ~150k
  • KeyBind Program ver. 1.00 for MS-Windows: File size ~85k

  • For Mac, download the following:
  • Mac Fonts: File size ~143k
  • Mac Fonts (Binhexed): File size ~195k

Khmer Fonts Package for Windows, download the following:

  • Khmer Fonts Package For Windows: File size ~441k
  • Keyboard Template: File size ~350k

Thanks to tbun, we should finally have a working version of the Mac Font. Let me know if it doesn't work.