| KhmerEasy | Position of Vowel | BLACK letters k d đ t ŧ b f h ł ń · c s x z : (do not go/extend below the line) non-dangling doubles br, tr, kr, kl, kn, sv, sm, sl, sr, ŧm, xl, ms but also sg, ŧg, xṉ, fṉ , see * |
BLUE letters q g j çᶍᶁţ ṯḏṉ pᵽ y ; + l m n r v (all dangle below the line, think dangling in blue water) dangling doubles lg, pr, qn, fţ,jr, çm but also mn * |
uo |
ួ |
uo |
uo SAME |
ue |
អឿ |
ue |
ue SAME |
ie |
អៀ |
ie |
ie SAME |
e |
េ |
e eg. te ne |
e SAME eg. ne me ṭe je |
a |
ា |
a |
ie eg. មាន man = mien |
i |
ិ |
e’ តិចតួច tictuoc = te’ctuoc ម្សិលមិញ msilmiṉ = mse’lmiṉ |
ɨ (ipa) eg. គិត qit = qɨt |
ii |
ី |
eii អ្វី ·vii = ·veii, ស្រី srii = sreii |
ii ពី pii |
u |
ឹ |
ə (ipa) ផឹក fuk = fək |
ɨ (ipa) ទឹក ţuk = ţɨk |
uu |
ឺ |
əə (ipa) |
ɨɨ (ipa) ឈឺ çuu = çɨɨ |
ei |
ៃ |
aei ថ្ងៃ ŧgei = ŧgaei |
ei នៃnei |
eu |
អើ |
aeu
ច្រើនcreun = craeun |
eu ធ្វើ ṯveu |
ou |
អោ |
ou ក្រោយ krouy |
oo លោក louk=look |
ouħ |
អោះ |
o’ħ តោោះtouħ = to’ħ |
uoħ ឈ្មោះçmouħ=çmuoħ (exception នោះnouħ = nuħ ) |
w |
អៅ |
aw ខ្មៅ xmw = xmaw |
w ទៅ ţw |
o |
ុ |
o |
u’ គុណ qoń = qu’ń |
oo |
ូ |
oo កូន koon |
u មូលដ moold = mulod |
oḿ |
អុំ |
o’ḿ |
(u’ḿ) |
ḿ |
អំ |
a’ḿ |
u’ḿ |
aḿ |
អាំ |
a’ḿ
(ខ្លាំង xlaḿg = xla’ḿg) |
oa’ḿ នាំ naḿ = noa’ḿ (រាំង raḿg = rea’g) |
ħ |
អះ |
aħ ខ្លះ xlħ = xlaħ |
eaħ ផ្ទះ fţħ = fţeaħ |
eħ |
អេះ |
eħ | iħ neħ = niħ |
ae |
ែ |
ae ខែ xae ម៉ែ m:ae |
air as in “air” |
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BLACK letters (innate “AR” sound, all NOT dangling/going below the line)
BLACK letters NOT DANGLING ខx ចc ឆz សs TALL កk ដd ឋđ តt ថŧ បb ផf ហh ឡ ł ណń អ· and letter followed by : (exceptions l m n r v)
BLUE letters (innate “OR” sound, all latin letters going below the line/dangling)
BLUE letters DANGLING (in blue water) គq ឃᶍ ងg ជj ឈç ឌᶁ ទţ ពp ភᵽ យy ឍḏ ធṯ ញṉ and លl មm នn រr វv and letter followed by ;
BLACK/BLUE letter equivalents: k/q c/j z/ç x/ᶍ d/ᶁ t/ţ f/p đ/ḏ ŧ/ṯ ł/l ń/n :/;
BLACK ONLY: s · , BLUE ONLY: g m ṉ ᵽ r v y
main vowel changes
BLACK letter vowel changes in RED :
| I->E II->EII |
U->EU UU->EUU |
EU->AEU W->AW |
EI->AEI | OU->AOU | OUḤ->A’Ḥ |
BLUE letter vowel changes in BLUE :
| A->IE | O->U’ OO->U |
AE->E | AḾ->OAḾ AḾG->EAḾG |
Eħ->Iħ | OU->O | OUħ->OUAħ |
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| DIGRAPH CONSONANTS | UN ROMANIZATION | IPA |
|---|---|---|
hq ហ្គ |
gâ | ɡɑ |
hqº
|
gô | ɡɔ |
hn
|
nâ | nɑ |
b:
|
pâ | pɑ |
hm
|
mâ | mɑ |
hl
|
lâ | lɑ |
hv
|
fâ, wâ | fɑ, wɑ |
hv`
|
fô, wô | fɔ, wɔ |
hs
|
žâ, zâ | ʒɑ, zɑ |
hs`
|
žô, zô | ʒɔ, zɔ |