=> The Khmer, also known as the Cao Mien or Mien, are the ethnic groups that reside mostly in Cambodia and some in the southern half of the Indochinese peninsula. Many Khmer people settled in the vicinity of Thailand (Khmer Surin), and the Mekong Delta in Vietnam (Khmer Krom). The Khmer make up about 90% of the population in Cambodia, numbers in Vietnam, Thailand, Laos ... The language of the Khmer is Khmer, a Mon-Khmer language in the South Asian linguistics family. In Cambodia, the government classifies citizens as three Khmer groups. The Khmers are predominantly known as the Khmer Kandals, as distinguished from the Khmer minorities of the Khmer Islam and the Khmer Loeu.