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PRONUNCIATION

	1. Word	ចង់
	2. Word	ម៉ោង
	3. Word	ផ្សារ
	4. Word	ស្ករ

1. Word ចង់ (to want)

The diacritic bAntAq ( ់ ) occurs on the top of the final consonant of a syllable and it is used to shorten the vowel of that syllable. All Khmer consonant, there is an inherent vowel. The inherent vowel for the first series consonant is /AA/ and second series consonant is /OO/. In a syllable with invisible vowel, bantaq is used to shorten the inherent vowel. The inherent vowel /AA/ changes to /A/ after the first series consonant and the inherent vowle /OO/ changes to /u/ or /u(e/ after the second series consonant. The syllable (ចង ), first series consonant (ច ) has an inherent vowel /AA/, therefore the pronunciation of this syllable is (cAAN). When diacritic bAntAq ( ់ ) is used on the top of the final consonant (ចង់) the inherent vowel changes from to /AA/ to /A/ which cause the pronunciation of syllable (cAAN) to (cAN).

Word Without Diacritic			Word With Diacritic
ចង	cAAN	to tie	ចង់	cAN	to want
គាត់ ចង គោ			នាង ចង់ ទៅ ផ្សារ
He ties a cow.			She want to go to the market.

2. Word ម៉ោង

The diacritic mousekatoan ( ៉ ) on the consonant (ម ) convert the second series consonant (ម ) to first series consonant (ម៉ ).

Word Without Diacritic			Word With Diacritic
មោង	mooN	big stick	ម៉ោង	maoN	hour or time or o'clock
លោក យក មោង នោះ ទៅណា ?			ឥឡូវនេះ ម៉ោង ៥ ល្ងាច
Where do you bring that stick to?			Now It is 5 O'clock in the afternoon

3. Word ផ្សារ (market)

The word ផ្សារ is pronunced in IPA (psaa) . The consonant រ is remain silent.

Correct Spelling	Pronunciation	IPA
ផ្សារ	ផ្សា	psaa

If the word is written with no consonant (រ ) the meaning of the word is different. It means heart or pain, but the pronunciation of the two words remain the same.

4. Word ស្ករ (sugar)

The word ស្ករ is pronunced in IPA (skAA). The consonant (រ ) is remained silent.

Correct Spelling	Pronunciation	IPA
ស្ករ	ស្ក	skAA

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