Communications
Communications with the outside world is possible via international call and fax. These are only available in a few hotels however. Satellite TV signals feature CNN and the BBC broadcasting international news are found in almost all hotels. Foreign language newspapers, on the other hand, are very limited. The official language of Cambodia is Khmer -- developed from imported words and characters of Pali and Sanskrit which are the classical languages of India. It is grammatically easy to assimilate since there are no tenses or wording differentiation based on gender. Nonetheless, thanks to a rich religious and historical background, monks and the royal family have a different set of verbs. Although the local citizens do not speak many foreign languages, French is still common in the big cities. Lately the Cambodian government has placed an additional emphasis on learning English in order to promote economic reforms.