The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Khmer language pronunciations in Wikipedia articles.
Consonants
Full
Subscript
Initial Value
Final Value
ក
្aaក
k
k [* 1]
ខ
្aaខ
kʰ k
គ
្aaគ
k k
ឃ
្aaឃ
kʰ k
ង
្aaង
ŋ ŋ
ច
្aaច
c
c [* 1]
ឆ
្aaឆ
cʰ none [* 2]
ជ
្aaជ
c c
ឈ
្aaឈ
cʰ none [* 2]
ញ
្aaញ
ɲ ɲ
ដ
្aaដ
ɗ [* 3]
t̪ [* 4]
ឋ
្aaឋ
t̪aaʰ t̪
ឌ
្aaឌ
ɗ t̪
ឍ
្aaឍ
t̪aaʰ t̪
ណ
្aaណ
n̪
n̪ [* 5]
ត
្aaត
t̪ [* 6]
t̪ [* 1]
ថ
្aaថ
t̪aaʰ t̪
ទ
្aaទ
t̪ t̪
ធ
្aaធ
t̪aaʰ t̪
ន
្aaន
n̪ n̪
ប
្aaប
ɓ [* 7] [* 8]
p [* 1]
ផ
្aaផ
pʰ p
ព
្aaព
p p
ភ
្aaភ
pʰ p
ម
្aaម
m m
យ
្aaយ
j j
រ
្aaរ
r
r [* 9]
ល
្aaល
l̪ [* 10]
l̪
វ
្aaវ
ʋ ʋ
ស
្aaស
s
h [* 11]
ហ
្aaហ
h none [* 2]
ឡ
្aaឡ
l̪ none [* 2]
អ
្aaអ
ʔ none [* 2]
Dependent Vowels
Vowel
1st Series Value
2nd Series Value[* 12]
ឣ
ɑaaɑ (ɑaaː) ɔaaɔ (ɔaaː)
ឤ
aa (aː) ɨaaə
ឣaaិ
ə ɨ
ឣaaី
əaaj ii (iː)
ឣaaឹ
ə ɨ
ឣaaឺ
əaaɨ ɨaaɨ (ɨaaː)
ឣaaុ
o u
ឣaaូ
oo (oː) uu (uː)
ឣaaួ
uə [* 13]
ឣaaើ
aə əaaə (əaaː)
ឣaaឿ
ɨaaə [* 13]
ឣaaៀ
iə [* 13]
ឣaaេ
ei ee (eː)
ឣaaែ
ae ɛaaɛ (ɛaaː)
ឣaaៃ
aj ej
ឣaaោ
ao ou
ឣaaៅ
aw ɨaaw
ឣaaុaaំ
om um
ឣaaំ
ɑaam um
ឣaaាaaំ
am oa
ឣaaះ
ah eah
ឣaaិaaះ
əaah ih
ឣaaុaaះ
oh uh
ឣaaេaaះ
eih ih
ឣaaោaaះ
ɑaah ʊaaəaah
Notes
↑ a aa i E All final stops in Khmer are unreleased.
↑ a aa i E u never occurs at the end of words
↑ typically an implosive, sometimes allophonic with d
↑ typically pronounced dentally, but does not contrast phonemically with t
↑ typically pronounced dentally, but does not contrast phonemically with n
↑ sometimes an allophone of ɗ
↑ typically an implosive, sometimes allophonic with b
↑ Allophonic with p when it occurs as the first consonant in a consonant cluster.
↑ Word final r is not pronounced in Standard Khmer, only some dialects of Khmer in Cambodia and notably Thailand pronounce it.
↑ typically pronounced dentally, but does not contrast phonemically with l
↑ norm in most dialects including the standard
↑ Khmer consonants belong to two classes that dictate the value of dependent vowels.
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