Khmer, also called Cambodian, or KampucheanA Khmer woman in a
field, Cambodia.Beth Kanter ( member of an ethnolinguistic group
that constitutes most of the population of Cambodia. Smaller
numbers of Khmer also live in southeastern Thailand and the
Mekong River delta of southern Vietnam. The Khmer language
belongs to the Mon-Khmer family, itself a part of the
Austroasiatic stock. The Khmer have a long history, of which the
12th-century temple complex of Angkor Wat is a monument.  The
Khmer are a predominantly agricultural people, subsisting on
rice and fish and living in villages of several hundred persons.
Other economic pursuits include weaving, pottery making, and
metalworking. Khmer houses have gabled roofs and are constructed
of wood or concrete. Households are based on the nuclear family
and occasionally include other close relatives.  The Khmer
follow Theravāda Buddhism, of which there are two varieties: the
Thammayut and the Mohanikay. These coexist with pre-Buddhist
animistic beliefs and the use of ma