= Khmer Chuon Nath Dictionary data (from SPICE / Open Institute)

== Purpose

This repository provides data from the
https://open.org.kh/en/khmer-choun-nath-dictionary-unicode%E2%80%8B#.YLwsFi0RqAB[Khmer Choun Nath Dictionary (Unicode)],
digitalized by the https://www.open.org.kh[Open Institute]
as part of the USAID-funded
https://www.open.org.kh/?q=en/category/spice[SPICE program].

The Chuon Nath dictionary is the first modern monolingual dictionary
of the Cambodian language revised by the Khmer lexicographer
Chhuon Nath (1883-1969), published by the
http://www.budinst.gov.kh[Buddhist Institute, Cambodia] in 1967.

== Alternative forms

This dictionary is available in many other forms, including:

* Google Play (Open Institute): https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=chounNathDict.open.org.kh&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNob3VuTmF0aERpY3Qub3Blbi5vcmcua2giXQ
* PDF: https://archive.org/details/buddhist_institute_khmer_dictionary1967/

== License

As described by the https://www.open.org.kh/?q=en[Open Institute],
this data is offered under the LGPL 2.1.

The source code of the dictionary is available from the
https://sourceforge.net/projects/spiceproject/files/Khmer%20Choun%20Nath%20Dictionary/[SPICE SourceForge page].

== Credits

From the original Readme.txt:
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Khmer Choun Nath dictionary has been developed by the Open Institute
as part of the work of the USAID funded SPICE program.
It is the free software. 

We would like to credit to Mr. Stephen Gibberd for his help in
Rendering function in TextView and EditText for Khmer language, Mr. Danh Hong
for his Nokora font and to all the solutions that we have found while
developing this application especially from stackoverflow.com website.
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