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Cambodian Hokkien () commonly known as Khmer Hokkien ((クメール語:ខែ្មរ ចិនហុកគៀន)) are the descendants of Hokkien Chinese who began settling in Cambodia since the early part of the 12th century. This term specifically refers to the Chinese population with Hokkien ancestry in Cambodia and other neighbouring regions. Over time, this population has also emigrated locally and internationally to Thailand, Vietnam and America. These Hokkien people have either partially or wholly assimilated into the local Cambodian customs, as most evidenced by their domestic attire and lingua franca. This parallels with their Malaysian and Indonesian Peranakan counterparts where cultural remnants of their Chinese origins still define their distinct ethnicity.〔(The Chinese in Cambodia By William E. Willmott )〕 ==History== Since the discovery of the earliest Kingdom, Funan at 1st century AD, it been attracted a majority of Chinese in Commercial relation which the transportation fulfilled by sea. There once the time when a group of Chinese had wept while were vaguely seeking the shelter in their first arrival in the area which named ''Poum Chen Yum'' literally means Crying Chinese Village. The legend demonstrated the evidence of Hokkien preceding over centuries. The wave repeated during diplomat Zhou Daguan's envoy journey. One of his description said:"''The Chinese traveler frequently escape over the area ,yet having individual satisfactory community . In contrast, They exceptionally have participated in Cambodian society in purpose such as food supplies, mate, shelter, furniture and business ''. Centralize with the tradition and law of origin abandon gain less punishment, the free immigration had open for Chinese refugee to settle in Indochina. Trace to the fleeing Hoklo people after the decline of Tang Dynasty permanently from the 8th century to following period in terms of inner political crisis and foreign invaderism, it point out a roof that Hokkien ancestry was the first dewalling Chinese in Cambodia. It closely to the early of 15th century when Admiral Zheng He (Cheng Ho), a Muslim Chinese, visited Champa (Today Vietnam) along with a number of Hokkien people whose then grew into the different class such as Peranakan in Malacca and Java as well as Cambodian Hokkien in Cambodia. In 1884, Hainanese and Hokkien descendants counted the most in Phnom Penh commonly out of the half population were Chinese. During 1880s, Two researcher noticed the different recognition between the two class's broken relation in struggles and fights. As the result, Hokkien race basically expanded to the different place and fatefully assimilate extra thing with local costume over the other classes. In fact, the reason not only the movement in 1880s but given the consequence of Hokkien's least cultural identity, Political demand and heavy compersionable idea to lead their generation spread over around Cambodia even the rural ones. Thus, have got a Cambodian Hokkien seemed not very Chinese or even not Chinese at all. After the Khmer rouge, Cambodian-Hokkiens in distant area become less maintainable to their ancestry tradition and related themselves more to the term of Cambodian, set out begin call Hokkien while They lack elimination in Phnom Penh, attributed to Teachow people surrounding the city. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cambodian Hokkien」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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