Proto-Khmeric language

The Proto-Khmeric language is the reconstructed proto-language of the Khmeric languages.

It has been reconstructed by Sidwell & Rau (2015), whose reconstruction is based on the sound laws provided in Ferlus (1992).

It is agreed by most scholars that this language was phased out by 300 CE.

The reconstructed Proto-Khmeric forms below are from Sidwell & Rau (2015: 273, 340-363).

Selected Khmeric lexical innovations:[1]