ANTH 320 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Dharma, Administrative Divisions Of Cambodia, Gautama Buddha
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Anth 320 - culture and history of research. Chinese present in cambodia at least since the 6th century. Zhou daguan (visited angkor in the late 13th century) Khmer is atonal (everything is pronounced as it should be) Interaction with sanskrit during angkorian period left many abstract words. Pali: language of theravada buddhism, used for new words associated with administrative, technology and media. Khmer numbers past 20 are based on thai. Ethnic vietnamese: fishing communities along the lake and mekong, many live in floating villiages. Ethnic cham: austronesian language speakers, muslim faith, working as traders, butchers, fishermen along mekong and minor rivers. Two main centers of khmer populations outside of cambodia: america (california, illinois, massachusetts, mainly, france, moved out due to the khmer rouge, moved to refugee camps in thailand then moved to other countries. Traditionally khmer were lowland wet rice farmers: large proportion of population maintain this practice. Houses typically rectangular stilt houses: made of wood and bamboo.
