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| Often a kaaN or su4uN consonant is followed immediately by a ta#m consonant without an intervening vowel symbol. Most of this kind are pronounced as two syllables with a neutral tone "a" pronounced between the consonants. The tone of the word, whether one syllable or two, follows the rules for the first consonant. |
| ປລາດ | ສນາມ | ສເມີ | ປໂຍດ | ຂນົມ | ຖແລງ | ຕລາດ | ທນົນ |
| palaât | sana4am | sane4e | pa±oôt | khano4m | thalE4EN | talaât | thano4n |
| In polysyllabic
words, the final consonant of one syllable often doubles as the initial consonant of the
following one. ຈ, ສ,
and ຊ are pronounced
"t" when they appear as final consonants. ລ is pronounced "n" as a final. For example va#tcanaánukom (dictionary) is spelled For example va#tcanaánukom (dictionary) is spelled ວັຈນານຸກົມ the ຈ standing for both the "t" of "vat..." and the "c" of the next syllable "...ca...". If the first part of this word were pronounced "va#ca..." instead of "vatca..." it would be spelled ວະຈ.... |
| ຮັຖະບານ | ຮາຊອານາຈັກ | ສຸຂະພາບ | ອະນຸຕຣະ |
| la#tthabaan | làatsaaanaácák | súkkhaphàap | anuttala |
| ພົລເມືອງ | ອົພຍົບ | ວາສນາ | |
| pho2nlamy2aN | o2ppha±o#p | va1atsana4a |
| Note the use of the symbol ວ in spelling the following words. ວັ and ວາ are pronounced "?ua" when preceded by the letters ກ, ຄ, or ຂ. |
| Also note the following. In contrast to the above, ວ is pronounced "v" since it is not followed by ັ or າ. |
| ແຂວງ |
| khwE4EN |
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