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The word សួរ is pronunced in IPA (sue) . The consonant រ remains silent when it occurs in final position.
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សួរ |
សួ |
sue |
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When two consonants are pronounced consecutively within a word, the second consonant is written in a special sub-consonant from below the first consonant. The sub-consonants are called [ceeN] of consonant "consonant feet". The form of sub-consonant in most cases a smaller version of consonant, but without the top part of consonant which is called [sAq] (hair) of consonant. The combination of consonant and the sub-consonant is called [pcieN domruet]. Initial clusters are called ( pcun) cnee)q psAm ) and medial clusters are called (pcun) cnee)q pn)ae ceeN ). The sub-consonants are used as initial clusters and medial clusters. When there is a consonant cluster, (including both an initial consonant and its sub-consonant), the vowel symbols are written around the consonant cluster (either before, above, or after the consonant cluster, and in some cases a combination of these). In all cases, however, the vowel is pronounced after the consonant cluster.
In general consonant (ញ ) could take sub-consonants ( ្ច ្ឆ ្ជ ្ឈ and ្ញ្ញ ) as medial cluster. The word សញ្ជាតិ , consonant ញ takes sub-consonant ( ្ជ ) as its medial cluster and the vowel ( ិ ) on consonant (ត ) is silent.
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សញ្ជាតិ |
សាព឴្ញ ជាតិ |
san) ciet |
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The diacritic leik qahsdaa ( ៏ ) is also called leik prambey occurs only over the consonants (ក ) and (ដ ). It does not change the pronunciation of those two consonant. This diacritic is used to distinguish the meaning of word (ក ) which mean (neck) to auxilary word (ក៏ ) which mean (then) or in a combination word (អព្ចឹាង) mean (so am I or me too).
In general consonant (ញ ) could take sub-consonants ( ្ច ្ឆ ្ជ ្ឈ and ្ញ្ញ ) as medial cluster. The word អព្ចឹាង, consonant ញ takes sub-consonant ( ្ច ) as its medial cluster.
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ក៏អព្ចឹាង |
ក អព឴្ញ ចឹង |
kAA qan) ceN |
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Consonant (ន ) could take sub-consonants ( ្ទ ្ដ ្ល and ្ស ) as medial cluster. The word កន្លែង, consonant ន takes sub-consonant ( ្ល ) as its medial cluster. Because the first syllable is pronounced as the first series of consonant, therefore the sencond syllable have to follow the first series of consoant. In this case the second series consonant ( ល ) which is seen as the sub consonant ( ្ល ) chang to first series consonant ( ឡ ).
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កន្លែង |
កន់ ឡែង |
kAn laeN |
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5. Word អង្គរវត្ដ (Angkor wat)
Consonant (ង ) could take sub-consonants ( ្ក ្ខ ្គ ្រ ្វ ្ស ្ហ and ្អ ) as medial cluster. The word អង្គរ, consonant ( ង ) takes sub-consonant ( ្គ ) as its medial cluster. The consonant រ remains silent when it occurs in final position. The syllable (វត្ដ ) consonant (ត ) could take its own sub-consonants ( ្ដ ) but it remains silent when it occurs in final position.
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អង្គរវត្ដ |
អង់ គរ វ៉ាត់ |
qAN kOO wo(et |
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The last syllable (ទិត្យ ), consonant (ត ) could take sub-consonants ( ្យ ) but it remains silent when it occurs in final position.
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ថ្ងៃអាទិត្យ |
ថ្ងៃ អា ទឹត |
thNay qaa tet |
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Consonant (ប ) could take its own sub-consonants ( ្ប ) as medial cluster.
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សប្បាយ |
សាប់ បាយ |
sap baay |
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The spelling of words "hear" is (លឺ or ឮ ). Both of words have the same pronunciation. The the spelling of word (លឺ ) composed by consonant (ល ) and vowel ( ឺ ) and the spelling of word (ឮ ) is an independent vowel. Both words are used interchangeable, but (លឺ ) has been introduced in the 1970s and word (ឮ ) is the orginal of Khmer words. Now, word (ឮ ) is brought back to every writing.
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ឮ |
លឺ |
lhh |
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The consonant (ញ ) could take sub-consonants ( ្ច ្ឆ ្ជ ្ឈ and ្ញ្ញ ) as medial cluster. The word កញ្ញា, consonant ញ takes sub-consonant ( ្ញ្ញ ) as its medial cluster.
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នាងកញ្ញា |
នាងកព឴្ញ ញ៉ា |
kan) n)a |
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10. Word ចាំ (to wait or to remember)
The word (ចាំ ) has two meanings and its pronunciation is also the same. The first meaning is to wait and the socond meaning is to remember.
Consonant (ន ) could take sub-consonants ( ្ទ ្ដ ្ល and ្ស ) as medial cluster. The word ទន្លេ, consonant ន takes sub-consonant ( ្ល ) as its medial cluster.
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ទន្លេ |
ទន់ លេ |
tOn lee |
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The compound word (យន្ដហោះ ) is a combiantion of word machine (យន្ដ ) and fly (ហោះ). The word (យន្ដ), consonant (ន ) could take sub-consonant ( ្ដ ) as medial cluster, but sub-consonant ( ្ដ ) remains silent when it occurs in final position of word.
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យន្ដហោះ |
យន់ ហោះ |
yOn hAh |
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The consonant (ណ ) could take sub-consonants ( ្ដ ្ណ and ្ឋ ) as medial cluster. The word សណ្ឋាគារ, consonant ណ takes sub-consonant ( ្ឋ ) as its medial cluster. The consonant រ remains silent when it occurs in final position.
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សណ្ឋាគារ |
សណ ឋា គា |
sAn thaa kie |
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The consonant (ញ ) could take sub-consonants ( ្ច ្ឆ ្ជ ្ឈ and ្ញ្ញ ) as medial cluster. The word អញ្ជើញ, consonant ញ takes sub-consonant ( ្ជ ) as its medial.
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អញ្ជើញ |
អញ ជើញ |
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