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About the Program |
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| Khmer
is the official language of Cambodia and one of the
major languages of Southeast Asia. It is spoken by eleven
million people in Cambodia and nearly three million
more outside Cambodia. It belongs to a family of languages
widely distributed in southern Asia and is the idiom
of one of the earliest of the great nation-states in
the region. As such it is the vehicle of sophisticated
forms of architecture, the plastic arts, music, dance,
literature and statecraft which are transmitted to Cambodia's
neighbors and which are still admired today. The writing
system it employs is a member of the Indic script family,
which spread from India into Inner Asia and all of Southeast
Asia except Vietnam. Khmer is a non-tonal but has vowel
distinctions not found in English; its grammar is uncomplicated,
with neither verb conjugations nor noun declensions,
and is not unlike that of English. |
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Fulfilling the Language Requirement & the Certificate in Khmer
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| Introductory
and intermediate coursework in Khmer may be used to
fulfill the foreign language requirement for all bachelor's
degrees on the Manoa campus. Upon completing 15 credit-hours
beyond the intermediate level with a 3.0 GPA in his/her
coursework, the student may apply for a Certificate
in Khmer. Also, khmer language through online
classes is offered. Click here for more information. |
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About the Program |
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| Coursework
in Khmer at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa (UHM) is offered
by the Department of Indo-Pacific Languages
and Literatures (IPLL). It includes four levels of study (click here to see the list of classes).
Courses on other aspects of Cambodia (such as history,
anthropology, archeology, art, art history, historic
preservation, economics, environmental studies, peace
studies, business, and Asian Studies) are offered by
experts on the staff of other UH departments. |
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