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as someone from a fellow asean country, it's a shame that we aren't taught enough or exposed to our neighboring southeast asian countries. these videos help a lot to tell about these countries
From a general point of view, Cambodia has just as many places of historical/archaeological/artistic interest as its neighbours. And i wouldn't mind spending an extensive holiday on its beaches 😁 It also has a peculiar language that may look like the ones of its neighbours... but it's not tonal!
I was surprised and wondered why others need to make different tones to make language while our tongue could makes thousands of different pronunciationa.
Thanks for the video Paul! Cambodia was always a country that interested me, I like the whole fallen kingdom vibes combined with the tropical and swampy nature. The language seems also interesting because it's not tonal - maybe the most approchable for someone interested in learning a SEA language?
I think non-tonal speakers make a bigger deal about tonal languages than there really is. Tones are just another phoneme, and they’re not terribly peculiar in pronunciation as opposed to, say, a trilled r for a non trilling speaker
That could be the "Moonwalking River" for sure! 1st time I heard anything about Cambodia it was because the Dead Kennedys have a song named after the country. Not very cheerful, though. At that time there was no internet (the 1980's) so we had to rely on other sources than your videos, Paul! Thank you for sharing, once more. Long life to GEOfocus channel!
Thanks! I know the Dead Kennedys, but didn't know that particular song until right now when I looked it up. Wow, that's some potent criticism of both the Khmer Rouge and privileged Western life.
Ah, very interesting! I didn't know you got back to this channel, great to see! There aren't enough channels like this, the only other that comes to mind is Geography Now. Anywho, I look forward to seeing more!
Fascinating video and place! Never knew about the vast river basin and the river that flowed backwards, that’s some flood. And the 70m tall 🐻 bear, yikes. If that’s the smallest bear I’d hate to meet a big one!
Here's an interesting note: When the Khmer Rouge lost power, it was overthrown by the Vietnamese, who launched a military intervention into Cambodia as the Khmer Rouge had been waging a border war against Vietnam. This led to Vietnam fighting a war against China and the odd bedfellows of what was left of the Khmer Rouge government in exile being propped up by the UK and the United States together with China. A peak late cold war conflict. The Third Indochina War. Edit: Fixed a typo and learned editing a comment unhearts it. Makes sense so people can't sabotage a youtuber's image.
Yeah, and they write "(edited)" because sometimes people post terrible comments to get an angry response, then they edit their comment to say something like "Wow, great video! I love your channel!", which makes the angry response look terrible. But if the original comment says "(edited)", people notice that something's wrong.
IndigoRage, don't forget ASEAN. We too helped the Khmer Rouge as well. Simply because Vietnam was supported by the USSR, and in the 1970s and 80s, everybody decided that China was the good commies, and the Soviets the evil commies. That trumps everything else. It didn't matter that we ended up in the same bed with the Khmer Rouge. They were worse than Mao at the depths of the Cultural Revolution. What I'm saying is that we all have got bloody hands. Vietnam got rid of the Khmer Rouge and thought the world would praise them. Instead we all jumped on them.
I'd love to see Myanmar on your channel! I grew up with many of its people here in the U.S. due to the war there. Some of the nicest people you will ever meet
Assuming that I can keep doing this channel, I will get to Myanmar sometime. I need to figure out how to get more eyes on this channel by the end of this year, though, because I'm funding it myself and at the moment it's deep in the hole. And people think TH-cam creators are all driving Lamborghinis. lol
@@xXxSkyViperxXx Yeah, I am linking to this channel from Langfocus whenever there's a related topic, and have posted some GF videos to my Langfocus Instagram and Twitter, but that kind of link is not as effective as you might expect. I might try introducing them to the GEOfocus Channel at or near the beginning of some Langfocus videos so that it's harder to miss it. Some Langfocus fans are only interested in languages, though. To a large extent I think I'll have to keep building a separate audience for this channel.
I'm proud to be Khmer because of the Khmer empire. It used to be the biggest nation in southeast Asia with its great engineer and irritating system. And I'm proud to have a beautiful country with around 6000 ancient temples, stunning beaches, rainforest and its flora and fauna, pristine nature with loads of waterfall... Oh, you could also mention that Cambodia has the king who is European descent (French-Italian-Khmer) and speak Czech fluently. He is a polyglot! The king doesn't have any wives as he consideres all women to be his sisters.
I enjoyed this video and learned a lot about this country and its culture. My city has the largest Cambodian population in the US. You know it when driving in that part of town as the business signs are mostly in Cambodian. Take care.
A fascinating country in a fascinating region. Many years ago in Thailand, l met a young lady who told me that her entire family had been massacred by the communists, and only she remained alive, fleeing to Thailand as a child. She married an English bloke living in Thailand, and he taught her to speak Thai!
I'm Cambodian. Thanks for telling this to the world about my country. What makes me proud of my country is Angkor Wat Temple (you already mentioned), our Khmer alphabets and language, and many ....❤️
Yes, sir. That would be correct. 😄 That was truly a slip of the tongue that I didn’t notice. I was reading from a teleprompter with the word “centimeter” on it. 😅
I went to Cambodia a number of years ago, and although I would consider myself decently well travelled and knowledgeable, it still struck me fairly hard when I looked around the bank that I was in and everyone, from customers, to clerks and managers, to the security guards, was around 35 or younger. It has some heavy af history, but I got to say, the people were outstandingly nice
I’m Cambodian and been once. Angkor Wat is bigger than you think. The scale in images really do not do the place justice. Must see in real life. Also proud of the food. Khmer food influenced the neighboring countries cuisine, contrary to what people think. If you love southern Vietnamese food. Its most likely a Cambodian original. Kampot Pepper is the best pepper berry variety in the world. From the ppls resilience to the rare speices of silk worms. So much to love and still so much to learn.
@@ปิ๊กก้า-ด2ผThai culture, traditional dress, and martial art came from Cambodia. The Khmer Empire ruled over Thailand, Laos, and Southern Vietnam for hundreds of years. You need to do research. Thailand copied Cambodia, historical facts don't lie.
khmer rouge is a very very sad chapter of cambodia's history. it's like cambodia was stabbing itself, very sad decline from khmer empire times. it's neighboring countries have taken advantage conquering its peripheries
Thanks for this very interesting video. Having been in neighboured Thailand several times, I almost knew about the amazing history of Cambodia already, and also about the crazy Tonle Sap river and lake. Nevertheless it's always a pleasure to watch your short and highly informative videos, that bring all this information in short and very understandable way. Nobody is perfect, so I take the giant bears with a smile. I don't remember when I found one of your channels first, but I remember the video. It was a ride on a commuter rail in Manila with almost no explaining comment but also impressive for me. I'm happy I stayed with your channels, the famous langfocus and this one. In my opinion your geography channel is even better ❤. I look forward to see more of the countries of the world. Have a nice day 🖐👴
There definitely are! Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines, Indonesia, and Malaysia are the ones I've been to and they were all wonderful places to visit. I've been back to Indonesia and Thailand several times each.
Yes we do. We study it in middle school. km.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%9E%9F%E1%9E%8E%E1%9F%92%E1%9E%8B%E1%9E%B6%E1%9E%93%E1%9E%8A%E1%9E%B8%E1%9E%80%E1%9E%98%E1%9F%92%E1%9E%96%E1%9E%BB%E1%9E%87%E1%9E%B6
Do you mean all over the world? The calendar year might still be divided into four seasons, but in terms of climate, tropical and subtropical climates are generally thought of as having two seasons. Subtropical climates usually have a hot season and a cool season, and tropical climates often have a dry season and wet season (but warm temperatures year round). There might be transitional periods which could be considered Spring and Fall, but aren't very long or distinct.
5:57 “which is only 70 metres tall at the shoulder” That sounds like quite a bear. 70 metres is more than 22 storeys. Seriously though, I really enoyed this video and the whole series of all the countries. A relative of friends of ours have lived in Cambodia for many years and speaks the language fluently. It does sound like culture shock is quite a thing (you can buy dried flavoured large spiders in a packet as a snack), but I suppose that is also what makes the country authentic and interesting. Her relatives who visited her were particicularly impressed by how touristy it was and the good value it offered.
1:40 How is Tibetan culture influenced by India? What is the main difference between the culture of southern and central Vietnam, and northern Vietnam?
Originally, central and southern Vietnam belonged to Champa and Khmer Empire, respectively, which were a part of Indosphere. The heartland of of Vietnam, Dai Viet, northern Vietnam is regarded as part of Sinitic civilization, expanded to the south during later historic time.
I can’t do requests for Langfocus. Those videos are insanely hard to make, and sometimes I spend 6 to 8 weeks making a video, and then nobody watches it.
The Kouprey habitat is not restricted only in Cambodia. It roams around the bordering of three countries Thailand Laos and Cambodia and might be including Vietnam as the 4th country too. Not only the poching that threaten their existence but the war left land mines along the previously battle field as well. Banteng and slow lorris are not Cambodia endemic species. They live in all SEA tropical forest. Btw, Tiger already extinct in Cambodia and Laos due to wildlife trade. Lot of pochers heading to neighboring Thailand instead for the rest of Indo Chinese Tiger.
I know this is a nitpick but you said the smallest bear is 70 meters. Presumably you meant cm. Otherwise, please let me know where this 70 meter bear is in a zoo, because I want to go see it. (From a safe distance, of say, 70 meters)
Yes, that has been brought up a few times in the comments already, and will probably be brought up everyday for the rest of my life. lol. The script and the teleprompter said "centimeters", I knew it was centimeters, but my mouth said "meters" for whatever reason, and I didn't catch it in post production.
Two of its neighbours, Vietnam and Laos have a land mine problem too, though not as severe as Cambodia's. You should be fine as long as you stick to the path, or get a good guide if you want to check out the more remote areas (this goes for the other two too).
@@oyoo3323 Thank you! My concern was mainly for the people that lives there, but is good to know what you are saying. I can't wait to visit it one day!
@@juanpedronardin8596 in that case, I guess I should mention a certain unpleasant fact in regards to that. Due to the land mine strewn out all over the place, and many locals' needs in rural areas to go into remote parts of the forests, Cambodia has the highest number of amputees per person of any country, primarily due to lost limbs from the mines. There are still so many left that it is an active problem. The government is of course still in the process of tracking the mines down.
Very good presentation but.... Please note that the caption about "Koh Kong" is not correct. Koh Kong was, is and will always be the island off Coast of Thailand. Please look into your script and study the detail correctly and ligitimately, as this is quite a touchy subject between Thailand and Cambodia.
I know you also have a language channel, so I have to ask why you chose to pronounce the word Khmer as something more similar to "Kum-ayer" vs the correct pronunciation being more along the lines of "Kuh-mai"? The spelling is a holdover from the French colonial period and an "er" in French is pronounced more similarly to an "ai" in English. I've always found that pronunciation interesting as it's more of an Anglicization of French than anything. I do see more and more Cambodian people spelling it "Khmai" in English speaking circles even though that's not an "official" spelling under any circumstances.
@@GEOfocusChannel I understand, context is important and different things are useful to different audiences. I just couldn't help but ask. Great content though! Thanks for the reply.
Wow the natural is green and great there, but the global warming is making temperatures higher and higher and it is destroying those natural land. People and animals are also suffering. 😔
In most developing countries (and even developed ones) you need to be careful of some scams and crime. But if you are careful it’s fine. I had no problems in Cambodia (except for a monkey stealing some food from me 😄).
What's the difference between, Mon Khmer, and KHASI Hynniew Trep, some of Mon Khmer says we are cousins.our culture is not difference with Mon Khmer.may be we are kin.
@@dravenmaster7859 siamese is a native people thousand of years who occupied the land of Thailand and shared together with the Malay. But Thais who are the peoples Imigrated from southern China. Siamese and thais Share a same religion (Buddhist) While a Malay descendent embraced Islam (before Buddhist). Angkor wat was built by the distinguished king of Malay Buddhist from the kingdom of Langkasuka. Jayaraman 2 . In fact historains from campuchea themselves claimed Angkor wat was built by a king from Malaysia.(kingdom of old Kedah). Old Kedah and Langkasuka was under the same ruler.
But how comes all the inscriptions on those temple are all Khmer inscriptions? The Thai has twisted the history to benefit them. These days all of the temples in Thailand are Khmer temples and the 7 provinces along the Cambodia border only ceded to Thailand less than 200 years ago and majority of the population in those area still speaking Khmer. Thai language derived from Khmer languages and therefore there are about 5000 words that are exactly the same pronunciation and a lot more words only changing the ending. Thai has no proof.
What do you mean “come on”? It’s very common to give rounded numbers. 35 km is 1/50 of 1 percent of the country’s land area. I don’t think it’s unreasonable to use a rounded number. I haven’t checked the script, but I may have also said “around” or “about” to indicate that it’s a rounded number.
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Yes I love Cambodia too
As a Cambodian I really appreciate you for making this video!
Thanks! I appreciate you for watching it! 👍🏻😊 Do you follow the channel, or did you find the video from a TH-cam recommendation?
@@GEOfocusChannel I found this Channel through your language channel!
@@sisophon1982 I see. Thanks!
as someone from a fellow asean country, it's a shame that we aren't taught enough or exposed to our neighboring southeast asian countries. these videos help a lot to tell about these countries
From a general point of view, Cambodia has just as many places of historical/archaeological/artistic interest as its neighbours. And i wouldn't mind spending an extensive holiday on its beaches 😁
It also has a peculiar language that may look like the ones of its neighbours... but it's not tonal!
You are right. Our language has no tone 😂.
I was surprised and wondered why others need to make different tones to make language while our tongue could makes thousands of different pronunciationa.
Really liked that features of the opposite-stream river thing! Really mind-blowing and interesting
Thanks for the video Paul!
Cambodia was always a country that interested me, I like the whole fallen kingdom vibes combined with the tropical and swampy nature.
The language seems also interesting because it's not tonal - maybe the most approchable for someone interested in learning a SEA language?
the Monarchy has actually been restored and Cambodia remains the only country to be a Communist country that has gone back to a Monarchy
I think non-tonal speakers make a bigger deal about tonal languages than there really is. Tones are just another phoneme, and they’re not terribly peculiar in pronunciation as opposed to, say, a trilled r for a non trilling speaker
That could be the "Moonwalking River" for sure!
1st time I heard anything about Cambodia it was because the Dead Kennedys have a song named after the country. Not very cheerful, though. At that time there was no internet (the 1980's) so we had to rely on other sources than your videos, Paul!
Thank you for sharing, once more. Long life to GEOfocus channel!
Thanks! I know the Dead Kennedys, but didn't know that particular song until right now when I looked it up. Wow, that's some potent criticism of both the Khmer Rouge and privileged Western life.
Ah, very interesting! I didn't know you got back to this channel, great to see! There aren't enough channels like this, the only other that comes to mind is Geography Now. Anywho, I look forward to seeing more!
Thanks! I'm glad you're back to see the new videos. :)
Fascinating video and place! Never knew about the vast river basin and the river that flowed backwards, that’s some flood. And the 70m tall 🐻 bear, yikes. If that’s the smallest bear I’d hate to meet a big one!
Awesome video Paul! Sending love from Sudbury, Ontario💪
Thanks, L k!
How could you live in such a cold place 🥶
@@jihadi-against-oppression The temperature dipped below -30 celsius on 13 days this winter. It is a very harsh lifestyle!
do myanmar next! it's an absolutely fascinating place
It can’t be next, because we have a production schedule. But if this channel can keep going then we’ll do Myanmar sometime.
Here's an interesting note: When the Khmer Rouge lost power, it was overthrown by the Vietnamese, who launched a military intervention into Cambodia as the Khmer Rouge had been waging a border war against Vietnam. This led to Vietnam fighting a war against China and the odd bedfellows of what was left of the Khmer Rouge government in exile being propped up by the UK and the United States together with China. A peak late cold war conflict. The Third Indochina War.
Edit: Fixed a typo and learned editing a comment unhearts it. Makes sense so people can't sabotage a youtuber's image.
Yeah, and they write "(edited)" because sometimes people post terrible comments to get an angry response, then they edit their comment to say something like "Wow, great video! I love your channel!", which makes the angry response look terrible. But if the original comment says "(edited)", people notice that something's wrong.
@@GEOfocusChannel 90% of my comments are edited, cause I can't spell things right on my phone keyboard.
IndigoRage, don't forget ASEAN. We too helped the Khmer Rouge as well. Simply because Vietnam was supported by the USSR, and in the 1970s and 80s, everybody decided that China was the good commies, and the Soviets the evil commies. That trumps everything else. It didn't matter that we ended up in the same bed with the Khmer Rouge. They were worse than Mao at the depths of the Cultural Revolution. What I'm saying is that we all have got bloody hands. Vietnam got rid of the Khmer Rouge and thought the world would praise them. Instead we all jumped on them.
@@danielch6662 I do that about half the time as well. :)
“Once you've been to Cambodia, you'll never stop wanting to beat Henry Kissinger to death with your bare hands.” - Anthony Bourdain
Something new I learned? The river that flows backwards! I had never heard of that before.
Thanks for another great video!
It's my pleasure!
I'd love to see Myanmar on your channel! I grew up with many of its people here in the U.S. due to the war there. Some of the nicest people you will ever meet
Assuming that I can keep doing this channel, I will get to Myanmar sometime. I need to figure out how to get more eyes on this channel by the end of this year, though, because I'm funding it myself and at the moment it's deep in the hole.
And people think TH-cam creators are all driving Lamborghinis. lol
@@GEOfocusChannel maybe the langfocus channel can help point to the country of the language being talked about
@@xXxSkyViperxXx Yeah, I am linking to this channel from Langfocus whenever there's a related topic, and have posted some GF videos to my Langfocus Instagram and Twitter, but that kind of link is not as effective as you might expect. I might try introducing them to the GEOfocus Channel at or near the beginning of some Langfocus videos so that it's harder to miss it.
Some Langfocus fans are only interested in languages, though. To a large extent I think I'll have to keep building a separate audience for this channel.
Genial, Paul, como todos tus vídeos. Muy instructivos e interesantes 👏😉
A fascinating and often overlooked country
I'm proud to be Khmer because of the Khmer empire. It used to be the biggest nation in southeast Asia with its great engineer and irritating system. And I'm proud to have a beautiful country with around 6000 ancient temples, stunning beaches, rainforest and its flora and fauna, pristine nature with loads of waterfall...
Oh, you could also mention that Cambodia has the king who is European descent (French-Italian-Khmer) and speak Czech fluently. He is a polyglot! The king doesn't have any wives as he consideres all women to be his sisters.
ไม่มีอาณาจักรเขมรเพราะเขมรในอดีตเป็นแค่ชนชั้นทาสที่ใช้แรงงาน
5:53 im not sure a 70 meter bear is the world's smallest bear or an average sized kaiju.
That should have been centimeters, of course. :) Somehow I said "meters" even though "centimeters" was written on my teleprompter.
I enjoyed this video and learned a lot about this country and its culture. My city has the largest Cambodian population in the US. You know it when driving in that part of town as the business signs are mostly in Cambodian. Take care.
What city do you live?
A fascinating country in a fascinating region. Many years ago in Thailand, l met a young lady who told me that her entire family had been massacred by the communists, and only she remained alive, fleeing to Thailand as a child. She married an English bloke living in Thailand, and he taught her to speak Thai!
All the people are welcome to Cambodia 🇰🇭
I'm Cambodian. Thanks for telling this to the world about my country.
What makes me proud of my country is Angkor Wat Temple (you already mentioned), our Khmer alphabets and language, and many ....❤️
I think you meant "70 CENTImeters tall" for the Sun Bear. :)
Yes, sir. That would be correct. 😄
That was truly a slip of the tongue that I didn’t notice. I was reading from a teleprompter with the word “centimeter”
on it. 😅
I went to Cambodia a number of years ago, and although I would consider myself decently well travelled and knowledgeable, it still struck me fairly hard when I looked around the bank that I was in and everyone, from customers, to clerks and managers, to the security guards, was around 35 or younger. It has some heavy af history, but I got to say, the people were outstandingly nice
Have visited it 2 years ago ...amazing country with amazing people ...love from Egypt ❤️
Ha sido fascinante conocer la cultura de Cambodia. Me ha gustado mucho el vídeo. Buen trabajo!
Wow, thorough analysis of the Kingdom of Wonder.
Great video!
Thanks, Omri! I appreciate it as always!
@@GEOfocusChannel You're welcome!😁
I’m Cambodian and been once. Angkor Wat is bigger than you think. The scale in images really do not do the place justice. Must see in real life. Also proud of the food. Khmer food influenced the neighboring countries cuisine, contrary to what people think. If you love southern Vietnamese food. Its most likely a Cambodian original. Kampot Pepper is the best pepper berry variety in the world. From the ppls resilience to the rare speices of silk worms. So much to love and still so much to learn.
I heard cambodian champ or malay champa...they speak in malay?
อาหารเขมรได้รับอิทธิพลจากไทย แม้แต่วัฒนธรรมเขมรก๋็รับเอาไปจากไทย เพราะ เขมรเคยอยุ่ใต้อำนาจของไทยยาวนานถึง400-500 ปี
@@ปิ๊กก้า-ด2ผThai culture, traditional dress, and martial art came from Cambodia. The Khmer Empire ruled over Thailand, Laos, and Southern Vietnam for hundreds of years. You need to do research. Thailand copied Cambodia, historical facts don't lie.
@@ปิ๊กก้า-ด2ผ400-500years ? 🤣🤣 Thai = lie
khmer rouge is a very very sad chapter of cambodia's history. it's like cambodia was stabbing itself, very sad decline from khmer empire times. it's neighboring countries have taken advantage conquering its peripheries
Very well❤️
Thanks for this very interesting video. Having been in neighboured Thailand several times, I almost knew about the amazing history of Cambodia already, and also about the crazy Tonle Sap river and lake. Nevertheless it's always a pleasure to watch your short and highly informative videos, that bring all this information in short and very understandable way. Nobody is perfect, so I take the giant bears with a smile.
I don't remember when I found one of your channels first, but I remember the video. It was a ride on a commuter rail in Manila with almost no explaining comment but also impressive for me. I'm happy I stayed with your channels, the famous langfocus and this one. In my opinion your geography channel is even better ❤. I look forward to see more of the countries of the world.
Have a nice day 🖐👴
There are so many amazing countries in Southeast Asia!!
There definitely are! Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines, Indonesia, and Malaysia are the ones I've been to and they were all wonderful places to visit. I've been back to Indonesia and Thailand several times each.
As a Cambodian, thank you for a very well explain of Cambodia.
6:16 as a Cambodian I've never seen someone divide Cambodia like this before.
People don't usually divide their own country into geographic regions, but rather political/administrative regions.
Yes we do. We study it in middle school. km.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%9E%9F%E1%9E%8E%E1%9F%92%E1%9E%8B%E1%9E%B6%E1%9E%93%E1%9E%8A%E1%9E%B8%E1%9E%80%E1%9E%98%E1%9F%92%E1%9E%96%E1%9E%BB%E1%9E%87%E1%9E%B6
Im proud to be born as Cambodian. I love the rich and vibrant cultures ❤
Cambodia is great country
I was always taught that there were four seasons but that doesn’t appear to be necessarily true; it really seems to differ from region to region.
Do you mean all over the world? The calendar year might still be divided into four seasons, but in terms of climate, tropical and subtropical climates are generally thought of as having two seasons. Subtropical climates usually have a hot season and a cool season, and tropical climates often have a dry season and wet season (but warm temperatures year round).
There might be transitional periods which could be considered Spring and Fall, but aren't very long or distinct.
Didn't realize the world's smallest bear was only 70 meters tall! 5:51
Great video, very informative!
lol. Centimeters, of course.
5:57 “which is only 70 metres tall at the shoulder”
That sounds like quite a bear. 70 metres is more than 22 storeys.
Seriously though, I really enoyed this video and the whole series of all the countries. A relative of friends of ours have lived in Cambodia for many years and speaks the language fluently. It does sound like culture shock is quite a thing (you can buy dried flavoured large spiders in a packet as a snack), but I suppose that is also what makes the country authentic and interesting. Her relatives who visited her were particicularly impressed by how touristy it was and the good value it offered.
and this is _the world's smallest bear_ !!!
3:56 "Along the borders of Thailand and Cambodia" is that supposed to be along the border with Thailand and Laos?
Yes, correct.
@@GEOfocusChannel great video :)
Thanks!
អរគុណដែលបានលើកឡើងពីប្រទេសកម្ពុជា ។
Thank you so much for sharing about Cambodia 🇰🇭.
Love Cambodia. Visited Angkor wat
Where you get information from that say khmer land is 181 000? It's 181 035
1:40 How is Tibetan culture influenced by India?
What is the main difference between the culture of southern and central Vietnam, and northern Vietnam?
Originally, central and southern Vietnam belonged to Champa and Khmer Empire, respectively, which were a part of Indosphere. The heartland of of Vietnam, Dai Viet, northern Vietnam is regarded as part of Sinitic civilization, expanded to the south during later historic time.
There are a number of other languages of "hill people". SIL people were running around writing them down and this kind of activity still goes on.
Great country,rich cultures, amazing Angkor Wat temple and beautiful sceneries
นครวัดสร้างโดยชาวอินเดีย บรรพบุรุษเขมรยุคนั้นเป็นเพียงแค่ชนชั้นทาสที่ต่ำต้อย
วัฒนธรรมของชาวเขมรคือ การเต้นรำรอบๆ หัวควาย เป็นวัฒนธรรมของชนเผ่าเล็กๆ เขมรยุคนั้นนุ่งแค่ผ้าเตี่ยวผืนเดียว ในขณะที่สยาม(ไทย) ใส่เสื้อผ้าที่สวยงาม
เพจอาเซียนนำภาพชนเผ่าเล็กๆ ชาวเขมรเต้นรำรอบหัวควาย อยุ่ด้านหน้านครวัดมาลงเผยแพร่ คึณสามารถเข้าไปชมได้
ยืนยันว่าเขมรไม่เคยยิ่งใกญ่เลย
wow, very nice
more southeast asian countries please
There’s going to be more of everything 👍🏻😎
Thanks so much for the video
You’re very welcome.
What a happy 10 minutes of my time.
If not happy, hopefully it was at least interesting or thought-provoking in some way.
@@GEOfocusChannel I meant I was happy to watch it.
@@mikemurphy8350 I see. That's good! I thought it might have been sarcasm because of tragic parts of the video.
@@GEOfocusChannel Oh no I enjoyed all of it. Sorry for the confusion.
@@mikemurphy8350 No problem. :) On the internet we miss intonation and facial expressions, so we miss part of the meaning sometimes.
Estupendo este nuevo vídeo. Otra vez enhorabuena.
And I'm waiting you do videos about the Khmer language in Langfocus
I can’t do requests for Langfocus. Those videos are insanely hard to make, and sometimes I spend 6 to 8 weeks making a video, and then nobody watches it.
@@GEOfocusChannel I see
Wow, river flows backwards!
Yeah, I had never heard of that before!
One of my favorite countries in the world.
thanks you👍👍👍my country has good weather for tourism and more temples
Thank you for that video from cambodia
Thank you🎉
Looking to go to Angkor Wat, Koh Rong and Kampot soon
Fun fact: "Angkor" not only means "city", it also means "(uncooked) rice"
Different words. Un-goo(Angkor)=city. Un-gaw=grain/uncooked rice.
3:55: "[...] along the border with Thailand and Cambodia." Shouldn't it be Vietnam instead of Cambodia?
The Kouprey habitat is not restricted only in Cambodia. It roams around the bordering of three countries Thailand Laos and Cambodia and might be including Vietnam as the 4th country too. Not only the poching that threaten their existence but the war left land mines along the previously battle field as well.
Banteng and slow lorris are not Cambodia endemic species. They live in all SEA tropical forest. Btw, Tiger already extinct in Cambodia and Laos due to wildlife trade. Lot of pochers heading to neighboring Thailand instead for the rest of Indo Chinese Tiger.
I know this is a nitpick but you said the smallest bear is 70 meters. Presumably you meant cm. Otherwise, please let me know where this 70 meter bear is in a zoo, because I want to go see it. (From a safe distance, of say, 70 meters)
Yes, that has been brought up a few times in the comments already, and will probably be brought up everyday for the rest of my life. lol. The script and the teleprompter said "centimeters", I knew it was centimeters, but my mouth said "meters" for whatever reason, and I didn't catch it in post production.
@@GEOfocusChannel Sorry Paul, it's on the internet forever.
I didn't know about the land mines 😓 just like Bosnia. However, it is still on my list, Angkor Wat is simply astonishing.
Two of its neighbours, Vietnam and Laos have a land mine problem too, though not as severe as Cambodia's. You should be fine as long as you stick to the path, or get a good guide if you want to check out the more remote areas (this goes for the other two too).
@@oyoo3323 Thank you! My concern was mainly for the people that lives there, but is good to know what you are saying. I can't wait to visit it one day!
@@juanpedronardin8596 in that case, I guess I should mention a certain unpleasant fact in regards to that. Due to the land mine strewn out all over the place, and many locals' needs in rural areas to go into remote parts of the forests, Cambodia has the highest number of amputees per person of any country, primarily due to lost limbs from the mines. There are still so many left that it is an active problem. The government is of course still in the process of tracking the mines down.
Cambodia is my country
181,000km²❌
181,035km²✅
Very good presentation but.... Please note that the caption about "Koh Kong" is not correct. Koh Kong was, is and will always be the island off Coast of Thailand. Please look into your script and study the detail correctly and ligitimately, as this is quite a touchy subject between Thailand and Cambodia.
Would you do this for Myanmar also? I hope you do.
If I can keep doing this channel, then I’ll do it eventually. But we have a production schedule, so it won’t be done soon.
@@GEOfocusChannel It's okay. And thanks for your reply.
The Hudson River in New York was by the native people as the river that flows both ways in their indigenous language.
My most favorite civ in CIV 6 🤪✌
Land area is 181 035 km^2
The country in south east of Asia There should be a leader with a Siamese vision.
@The GEOfocus Channel you said the sunbear is 70 meters tall, that doesn't sound like a small bear to me.
That should have been "centimeters", of course. :)
I know you also have a language channel, so I have to ask why you chose to pronounce the word Khmer as something more similar to "Kum-ayer" vs the correct pronunciation being more along the lines of "Kuh-mai"? The spelling is a holdover from the French colonial period and an "er" in French is pronounced more similarly to an "ai" in English. I've always found that pronunciation interesting as it's more of an Anglicization of French than anything. I do see more and more Cambodian people spelling it "Khmai" in English speaking circles even though that's not an "official" spelling under any circumstances.
If I said it that way, that was the Anglicized way, because that usually fits better with English narration.
@@GEOfocusChannel I understand, context is important and different things are useful to different audiences. I just couldn't help but ask. Great content though! Thanks for the reply.
181,035 km² 🇰🇭
Jeez if the smallest bear is only 70 meters tall when standing, I shudder to think of the others
lol. I will never live this one down.
@@GEOfocusChannel thank you!
Correction: In early modern time, Cambodia was colonized by France! And then, the USA had hurted Cambodia so much since the Vietnam War!
And what’s the correction?
5:55 70 *centimeters* right
Yes, sir. 😄
senapville? kalkon island? jag blir hungrig...
It's 181035 it's very sensitive for khmer people to hear wrong number publicly because their land have lost to the neighbors before.
2:54 It's a fourth of the population
Wow the natural is green and great there, but the global warming is making temperatures higher and higher and it is destroying those natural land. People and animals are also suffering. 😔
70 metres tall at the shoulder?!?!?! And the sun bear is the smallest?!?!?!?
That should have been centimeters.
i really wants to go to cambodia but my parents always say "cambodia is bad" 😭😭
In most developing countries (and even developed ones) you need to be careful of some scams and crime. But if you are careful it’s fine. I had no problems in Cambodia (except for a monkey stealing some food from me 😄).
I love that you focus on the positive. One sub from me. Cause only masochists will fill their day with negative stuff.
Is that a bear 70 meters tall? Or a bear statue?
A real bear but 70 CENTImeters. lol
In America Cambodian are considered black
my hole family and I are Cambodia
*whole*
70m tall?!?! Funny typo
Oops!
I am from Cambodia
Land area 181, 035 Km2
BUDDHA BLESS CAMBODIA
Dind't know about the slaughter. Really sad.
Cambodia’s land area has always been 181,035 km^2
If I gave a slightly different number like 181,000 I’m sure I said “about” or “around”.
What's the difference between, Mon Khmer, and KHASI Hynniew Trep, some of Mon Khmer says we are cousins.our culture is not difference with Mon Khmer.may be we are kin.
Mon, Khmer, Khasi and others are indigenous peoples of Southeast Asia that share common ancestors genetically and linguistically.
I heard some say khasi tribes may have ancestors From khmer .
181035 km not 181000 km
Angkor was not a Khmer. At that time, the Khmers were just Angkor's slaves. Siam is part of Angkor.
Yes siamese but not thai
@@ccsccs6212 Bruh Siam is Thai the same people
@@dravenmaster7859 siamese is a native people thousand of years who occupied the land of Thailand and shared together with the Malay.
But Thais who are the peoples
Imigrated from southern China.
Siamese and thais Share a same religion (Buddhist)
While a Malay descendent embraced Islam (before Buddhist).
Angkor wat was built by the distinguished king of Malay Buddhist from the kingdom of Langkasuka.
Jayaraman 2 .
In fact historains from campuchea themselves claimed Angkor wat was built by a king from Malaysia.(kingdom of old Kedah).
Old Kedah and Langkasuka was under the same ruler.
@@ccsccs6212 Malay brainwash people again
But how comes all the inscriptions on those temple are all Khmer inscriptions? The Thai has twisted the history to benefit them. These days all of the temples in Thailand are Khmer temples and the 7 provinces along the Cambodia border only ceded to Thailand less than 200 years ago and majority of the population in those area still speaking Khmer. Thai language derived from Khmer languages and therefore there are about 5000 words that are exactly the same pronunciation and a lot more words only changing the ending. Thai has no proof.
181,035 come on Geofocus
What do you mean “come on”? It’s very common to give rounded numbers. 35 km is 1/50 of 1 percent of the country’s land area. I don’t think it’s unreasonable to use a rounded number. I haven’t checked the script, but I may have also said “around” or “about” to indicate that it’s a rounded number.