Why Study Khmer Language?

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For Students, Professionals, Scholars or
Entrepreneurs — There is an urgent need for Visit Cambodia now,
professionals, entrepreneurs and scholars trained in
Khmer and in Khmer culture. Individuals having a
meet its
command of Khmer are indispensable in the sup- people,
port of U.S. national and international interests, THE
notably in the pursuit of U.S. political, economic,
environmental, and technological policies in Asia,
and in assisting in the restoration of stability and
prosperity to Cambodia.
Get an Edge on Career Opportunities taste its exotic cuisine,
KHMER
LANGUAGE PROGRAM
Career opportunities for individuals fluent in AT
Khmer are numerous both in the public and private
sectors, including profit and nonprofit national and UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI‘I
international entities and the U.S. government. A
knowledge of Khmer is obviously necessary in most
scholarly endeav-
ors relating to the
history and politi-
cal development
of Cambodia.

Contact Information
and view the splendid
Dr. Chhany Sak-Humphry
ancient temples
Tel: (808) 956-3552
E-mail: sak@hawaii.edu
Department of Hawaiian and
Indo-Pacific Languages and Literatures
Spalding Hall 255
Tel: (808) 956-8672, (808) 956-8948
Fax: (808) 956-5978
E-mail: hip@hawaii.edu

Website: www.hawaii.edu/khmer or
khmer.hawaii.edu
found in all parts of
the country.
 Study Abroad Program/
Archeological Project/
Exchange Programs

Khmer and other academic subjects or to intern in

Cambodia, earning university credit:
A S K — The Advanced Study of Khmer
About the Program
(ASK) Summer Abroad Program is an inten-
Coursework in Khmer at the University of
Hawai‘i at Manoa (UHM) is offered by the sive six week summer course that offers a fellow-
Department of Hawaiian and Indo-Pacific Languages ship up to $3,000
and Literatures and includes four levels of study (see per student to
below). Courses on other aspects of Cambodia (such study Khmer lan-
About the Language
as history, anthropology, archeology, art, art history, guage at the
historic preservation, economics, environmental Khmer is the official language of Cambodia and Royal University
studies, peace studies, business, and asian studies) one of the major languages of Southeast Asia. It is spo-
of Phnom-Penh,
are offered by experts on the staff of other UH ken by eleven million people in Cambodia and nearly
Cambodia
departments. three million more outside Cambodia. It belongs to a
(RUPP).
Fulfilling the Language Requirement family of languages widely distributed in southern Asia
Established and sponsored by the Center for
and the Certificate in Khmer and is the idiom of one of the earliest of the great
Southeast Asian Studies at UHM, this program is
Introductory and intermediate coursework in nation-states in the region. As such it is the vehicle of
Khmer may be used to fulfill the foreign language directed by Dr. Sak-Humphry. Funded by the
sophisticated forms of architecture, the plastic arts,
requirement for all bachelor's degrees on the Manoa US-DOE Fulbright-
music, dance, literature and statecraft which are trans-
campus. Upon completing 15 credit-hours beyond mitted to Cambodia's neighbors and which are still Hays Group Projects.
the intermediate level with a 3.0 GPA in his/her admired today. The writing system it employs is a L O M A P — The
coursework, the student may apply for a certificate member of the Indic script family, which spread from Lower Mekong
in Khmer. India into Inner Asia and all of Southeast Asia except Archaeological
Courses Offered Vietnam. Khmer is non-tonal but has vowel distinc- Project, sponsored by
tions not found in English; its grammar is uncomplicat- the Archaeology
CAM 101/102 Beginning Khmer (4) ed, with neither verb conjugations nor noun declen- Department at UHM
CAM 105 W eb Based Reading & Writing and the Royal
sions, and is not unlike that of English.
for Beginning Khmer (2) University of Fine Arts
CAM 201/202 Intermediate Khmer (4)
FeThere
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hip many
& Schfellowships,
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s at Phnom-Penh, pro-
CAM 205 W eb Based Reading & Writing
other grant opportunities available to students and pro- vides academic and field training opportunities for
for Intermediate Khmer (2)
fessionals for advanced study of Khmer, research and students and professionals.
CAM 301 Third-Level Khmer (3)
internship. For example: Foreign Language and Exchange Programs — Ambitious students
CAM 302 Third-Level Khmer (3)
Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships – up to wishing to design their own
IP 399 Directed Reading (1-3)
$11,000; David L. Boren Graduate Fellowship – programs may do so through
CAM 401 Fourth-Level Khmer (3)
up to $28,000; Blakemore Freeman Fellowship – the UHM Study Abroad
CAM 402 Fourth-Level Khmer (3)
up to $19,000; the Freeman Foundation – up to Center at
CAM 415 Khmer Language in the Media (3)
$7,000. For details on these and other fellowships refer www.studyabroad.hawaii.edu.
IP 499 Directed Reading (1-3)
to website: www.hawaii.edu/khmer or
CAM 451 Structure of Khmer (3)
khmer.hawaii.edu.
CAM 452 Structure of Khmer (3)
There are a variety of opportunities to study