Khmer Krom
Proper noun
Meaning
Khmer Krom
Khmer Krom, ethnic Khmers of South Vietnam (Kampuchea Krom)
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Examples
The Cambodians under both the pro-China King Sihanouk and the pro-American Lon Nol supported their fellow co-ethnic Khmer Krom in south Vietnam, following an anti- ethnic Vietnamese policy.
Standard Cambodian Khmer is mutually intelligible with the others but a Khmer Krom speaker from Vietnam, for instance, may have great difficulty communicating with a Khmer native to Sisaket Province in Thailand.