After doing a lot of research into the populations of Cambodia, I have come to the following conclusion; the ancient Khmers were in fact Pearic people speaking Pearic languages.
Old Khmer was a Pearic language
All we know about Old Khmer comes from the Old Khmer inscriptions. "Old Khmer" describes the language as it existed until the 14th century. All the people that remained isolated from the main Khmer populations, but lived in what were ancient Khmer settlements, still speak Pearic languages.
1)Battambang (formerly known as Malyang kingdom) is a region where Pearic tribes live and still speak Pearic languages. They call themselves by different names, but most call themselves Samre, Samrai, Somre, Somrai, and Chong (not to be confused with Chong from Eastern Thailand.
2)Preah Vihear province (Prasat Preah Vihear temple) is home to the Pear people, that still remain there and speak pearic language, together with Suoi people who speak Pearic language.
3)Kulen mountain, the holy mountain where Jayavarman II founded the Khmer kingdom and was declared universal monarch is home to the Samre people, who speak Pearic language.
4)Siem Reap, the province of Angkor Wat was primarily populated by Samre people. A French explorer Mouhot visited the province and encountered the Samre people. in the 20th century there was another French explorer Baradat, who also encountered the Samre population as main population there.
5) Chantaburi province (formerly known as Phamniet kingdom) is home the Chong people, speaking Pearic language.
6) Coastal Cambodia is home to the Sa'och people, speaking Pearic language
How is it possible that all these populations still speak their indigenous language? If we take a look at the Champa kingdom, all the peoples living in the vicinity speak Chamic languages, and converted from Austro-asiatic languages. How is it possible that this not happened with the Pearic people, living in 'Khmer' speaking territory since the beginning of ancient khmer kingdoms?
Clues that the ancient Khmer were Pearic
1) All the Pearic people in Battambang have a recollection of having emigrated from the times of Angkor and sent there by the king for commercial purposes (collecting goods, hunting, etc.). Explorer Mouhot wrote that the Samre of Siem Reap were called the 'mother of Samre' since they were the original population.
2) Linguitic evidence shows that pre-Angkor Khmer is similar on all features to Pearic.
3) All Khmer dialects (Central Khmer, Cardamom Khmer, Surin Khmer, Khmer Krom, etc.) all derrived from Middle Khmer, the language that was the main language from the 14th century upwards, just around the time that the country was ruled by Ayutthuyan royalty, when the new monarchs created a new script which was the mother language of Modern Khmer. This script was/is so different from Old Khmer, that readers from one can not read the other.
4)Mouhot wrote that the royalty of his time knew that the Samre were the ancient stock of which his family derrived.
5)Explorer Zou Daguan visited Angkor at the end of 13th century. The description of the culture of the people of Angkor was similar to the description of the culture of the Samre, when Mouhot visited in 19th century.
6) When Angkor was conquered by Ayutthuya in 1431, the two kings captured and brought to Ayutthuya were Pearic, according to the description of being 'Pear' in ancient Ayutthuyan documents and their names.
The modern Khmers did everything in their way to rewrite Cambodian history and erase the past of the Pearic people as the ancient populations. You can read about it here:
http://www.khmer440.com/chat_forum/view ... 36&t=64426
I have tons of other sources and evidence, but I'll leave it to this. Feel free to ask more.
After doing a lot of research into the populations of Cambodia, I have come to the following conclusion; the ancient Khmers were in fact Pearic people speaking Pearic languages.
[b]Old Khmer was a Pearic language[/b]
All we know about Old Khmer comes from the Old Khmer inscriptions. "Old Khmer" describes the language as it existed until the 14th century. All the people that remained isolated from the main Khmer populations, but lived in what were ancient Khmer settlements, still speak Pearic languages.
1)Battambang (formerly known as Malyang kingdom) is a region where Pearic tribes live and still speak Pearic languages. They call themselves by different names, but most call themselves Samre, Samrai, Somre, Somrai, and Chong (not to be confused with Chong from Eastern Thailand.
2)Preah Vihear province (Prasat Preah Vihear temple) is home to the Pear people, that still remain there and speak pearic language, together with Suoi people who speak Pearic language.
3)Kulen mountain, the holy mountain where Jayavarman II founded the Khmer kingdom and was declared universal monarch is home to the Samre people, who speak Pearic language.
4)Siem Reap, the province of Angkor Wat was primarily populated by Samre people. A French explorer Mouhot visited the province and encountered the Samre people. in the 20th century there was another French explorer Baradat, who also encountered the Samre population as main population there.
5) Chantaburi province (formerly known as Phamniet kingdom) is home the Chong people, speaking Pearic language.
6) Coastal Cambodia is home to the Sa'och people, speaking Pearic language
How is it possible that all these populations still speak their indigenous language? If we take a look at the Champa kingdom, all the peoples living in the vicinity speak Chamic languages, and converted from Austro-asiatic languages. How is it possible that this not happened with the Pearic people, living in 'Khmer' speaking territory since the beginning of ancient khmer kingdoms?
[b]Clues that the ancient Khmer were Pearic[/b]
1) All the Pearic people in Battambang have a recollection of having emigrated from the times of Angkor and sent there by the king for commercial purposes (collecting goods, hunting, etc.). Explorer Mouhot wrote that the Samre of Siem Reap were called the 'mother of Samre' since they were the original population.
2) Linguitic evidence shows that pre-Angkor Khmer is similar on all features to Pearic.
[url=https://postimg.cc/1VHm2RwP][img]https://i.postimg.cc/1VHm2RwP/oldkhmer.png[/img][/url]
3) All Khmer dialects (Central Khmer, Cardamom Khmer, Surin Khmer, Khmer Krom, etc.) all derrived from Middle Khmer, the language that was the main language from the 14th century upwards, just around the time that the country was ruled by Ayutthuyan royalty, when the new monarchs created a new script which was the mother language of Modern Khmer. This script was/is so different from Old Khmer, that readers from one can not read the other.
4)Mouhot wrote that the royalty of his time knew that the Samre were the ancient stock of which his family derrived.
5)Explorer Zou Daguan visited Angkor at the end of 13th century. The description of the culture of the people of Angkor was similar to the description of the culture of the Samre, when Mouhot visited in 19th century.
6) When Angkor was conquered by Ayutthuya in 1431, the two kings captured and brought to Ayutthuya were Pearic, according to the description of being 'Pear' in ancient Ayutthuyan documents and their names.
The modern Khmers did everything in their way to rewrite Cambodian history and erase the past of the Pearic people as the ancient populations. You can read about it here: [url]http://www.khmer440.com/chat_forum/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=64426[/url]
I have tons of other sources and evidence, but I'll leave it to this. Feel free to ask more.