Wikipedia key to pronunciation of Khmer
The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Khmer language pronunciations in Wikipedia articles. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see Template:IPA and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters .
Vowel
1st Series Value
2nd Series Value[ 2]
អ
ɑː
ɔː
អា
aː
eə
អិ
e
i, ɪ
អី
ej
iː
អឹ
ɜ
ɨ
អឺ
əː
ɨː
អុ
o
u
អូ
oː
uː
អួ
uə
អូវ
ɜw
ɨw
អើ
aə
əː
អឿ
ɨə
អៀ
iə
អេ
eː
អែ
ae
ɛː , eː
អៃ
aj
ɪj, ɨj
អោ
ao
oː
អៅ
aw
əw , ɨw
អុំ
om
um
អំ
ɑm
um
អាំ
am
ɑm, oə̯m
អះ
ah
eəh
អិះ
eh
ih
អឹះ
ɜh
ɨh
អែះ
aeh , eh
eh
អុះ
oh
uh
អេះ
eh
ih , eh
អោះ
ɑh
uəh , ɔh
Vowel
IPA
ឥ
ʔe
ឦ
ʔej
ឧ
ʔu
ឩ
ʔuː
ឪ
ʔɜw, ʔɨw
ឫ
rɨ
ឬ
rɨː
ឭ
lɨ
ឮ
lɨː
ឯ
ʔae
ឰ
ʔaj
ឱ , ឲ
ʔao
ឳ
ʔaw
Notes
^ The stops /p, t, c, k/ have no audible release when occurring as syllable finals, as in Cantonese
^ a b Khmer consonants belong to two classes that dictate the value of dependent vowels.
^ a b c d e f g h Can be changed to 1st series by stacking a ហ above the subscript form. See here for further details.
^ a b c d e never occurs at the end of words
^ ត is used by orthographic convention to represent ɗ in disyllabic words whose underlying form is spelled with ត or ថ as opposed to derivatives of bases spelled with ដ , which keep the original ដ for ɗ .
^ in certain words of Pali or Sanskrit origin
^ final រ is silent (not transcribed) in central dialects of Cambodia and Vietnam, represents a trill in Northern Khmer dialects of Thailand
See also
Comparisons Introductory guides