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Khmer/Cambodian alphabet, pronunciation and language
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Writing systems: abjads | alphabets | syllabic alphabets | syllabaries | semanto-phonetic scripts undeciphered scripts | alternative scripts | your con-scripts | A-Z index | Direction index
Khmer alphabet Origin The Khmer alphabet is descended from the Brahmi script of ancient India by way of the Pallava script, which was used in southern India and South East Asia during the 5th and 6th Centuries AD. The oldest dated inscription in Khmer, found at Angkor Borei in Takev Province south of Phnom Penh, dates from 611 AD. The Khmer alphabet closely resembles the Thai and Lao alphabets, which were developed from it. Notable features • This is syllabic alphabet in which each consonant has two forms, one with an inherent /a/ (first series) and one with an inherent /o/ (second series) • Vowels are indicated using either separate letters or diacritics, which written above, below, in front of, after or around consonants. The pronunciation of the vowels depends on whether a consonant they are attached to is of the first or second series. • All consonants have a subscript form which is used to write the second consonant of a cluster. • In a Khmer text there are no spaces between words, instead spaces indicate the end of a clause or sentence. • Inspite of efforts to standardise written Khmer, many words have more than one accepted spelling. Used to write: Khmer (Cambodian), a member of the Mon-Khmer group of Austro-Asiatic languages, spoken by about 8 million people in Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, China, France and the USA. Khmer shares many features and much vocabulary with Thai as a result of centuries of two-way borrowing. There are also borrowings from Sanskrit, Pali, French and Chinese in Khmer.
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Khmer alphabet Consonants
Subscript consonants
Inpedendent vowels
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Sample text
Translation All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood. (Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights) Cambodian language courses, dictionaries, etc.
http://www.omniglot.com/writing/khmer.htm
8/18/2009
Khmer/Cambodian alphabet, pronunciation and language
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Links Information about the Khmer language http://www.khmerlanguage.com Information about the Khmer language and culture (includes Khmer fonts and lessons) http://www.seasite.niu.edu/khmer/ Online Khmer lessons http://www.bongthom.com/AKOnline/selectchapterek.asp Cambodian System of Writing and Beginning Reader with Drills and Glossary (a PDF of this textbook in available here) http://www.pratyeka.org/csw/ Language Learning Companion for Cambodian/Khmer< http://www.wsslanguage.com Free Khmer fonts http://www.camboday.com/fonts/ http://www.cambodia.org/fonts http://www.wazu.jp/gallery/Fonts_Khmer.html http://www.magma.ca/~sary/fonts.htm http://www.sil.org/computing/fonts/Lang/Khmer.html http://selapa.net/khmerfonts/ Information about Khmer Unicode http://www.khmeros.info/khmeros_workingsoft.html Online Khmer news and radio http://www.rfa.org/khmer/ Other syllabic alphabets Ahom, Balinese, Batak, Bengali, Brahmi, Buhid, Burmese, Cham, Dehong Dai, Devanagari, Dhives Akuru, Ethiopic, Evēla Akuru, Grantha, Gujarati, Gurmukhi (Punjabi), Hanuno'o, Hmong, Javanese, Kannada, Kharosthi, Khmer, Lanna, Lao, Lepcha, Limbu, Lontara/Makasar, Malayalam, Manpuri, Modi, New Tai Lue, Oriya, Phagspa, Ranjana, Redjang, Sharda, Siddham, Sinhala, Sorang Sompeng, Sourashtra, Soyombo, Sundanese, Syloti Nagri, Tagalog, Tagbanwa, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Tibetan, Tocharian, Varang Kshiti City River Hotel?
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Writing systems: abjads | alphabets | syllabic alphabets | syllabaries | semanto-phonetic scripts undeciphered scripts | alternative scripts | your con-scripts | A-Z index | Direction index
Khmer alphabet Origin The Khmer alphabet is descended from the Brahmi script of ancient India by way of the Pallava script, which was used in southern India and South East Asia during the 5th and 6th Centuries AD. The oldest dated inscription in Khmer, found at Angkor Borei in Takev Province south of Phnom Penh, dates from 611 AD. The Khmer alphabet closely resembles the Thai and Lao alphabets, which were developed from it. Notable features • This is syllabic alphabet in which each consonant has two forms, one with an inherent /a/ (first series) and one with an inherent /o/ (second series) • Vowels are indicated using either separate letters or diacritics, which written above, below, in front of, after or around consonants. The pronunciation of the vowels depends on whether a consonant they are attached to is of the first or second series. • All consonants have a subscript form which is used to write the second consonant of a cluster. • In a Khmer text there are no spaces between words, instead spaces indicate the end of a clause or sentence. • Inspite of efforts to standardise written Khmer, many words have more than one accepted spelling. Used to write: Khmer (Cambodian), a member of the Mon-Khmer group of Austro-Asiatic languages, spoken by about 8 million people in Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, China, France and the USA. Khmer shares many features and much vocabulary with Thai as a result of centuries of two-way borrowing. There are also borrowings from Sanskrit, Pali, French and Chinese in Khmer.
http://www.omniglot.com/writing/khmer.htm
8/18/2009
Khmer/Cambodian alphabet, pronunciation and language
Page 2 of 4
Khmer alphabet Consonants
Subscript consonants
Inpedendent vowels
http://www.omniglot.com/writing/khmer.htm
8/18/2009
Khmer/Cambodian alphabet, pronunciation and language
Page 3 of 4
Numerals
Sample text
Translation All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood. (Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights) Cambodian language courses, dictionaries, etc.
http://www.omniglot.com/writing/khmer.htm
8/18/2009
Khmer/Cambodian alphabet, pronunciation and language
Page 4 of 4
Links Information about the Khmer language http://www.khmerlanguage.com Information about the Khmer language and culture (includes Khmer fonts and lessons) http://www.seasite.niu.edu/khmer/ Online Khmer lessons http://www.bongthom.com/AKOnline/selectchapterek.asp Cambodian System of Writing and Beginning Reader with Drills and Glossary (a PDF of this textbook in available here) http://www.pratyeka.org/csw/ Language Learning Companion for Cambodian/Khmer< http://www.wsslanguage.com Free Khmer fonts http://www.camboday.com/fonts/ http://www.cambodia.org/fonts http://www.wazu.jp/gallery/Fonts_Khmer.html http://www.magma.ca/~sary/fonts.htm http://www.sil.org/computing/fonts/Lang/Khmer.html http://selapa.net/khmerfonts/ Information about Khmer Unicode http://www.khmeros.info/khmeros_workingsoft.html Online Khmer news and radio http://www.rfa.org/khmer/ Other syllabic alphabets Ahom, Balinese, Batak, Bengali, Brahmi, Buhid, Burmese, Cham, Dehong Dai, Devanagari, Dhives Akuru, Ethiopic, Evēla Akuru, Grantha, Gujarati, Gurmukhi (Punjabi), Hanuno'o, Hmong, Javanese, Kannada, Kharosthi, Khmer, Lanna, Lao, Lepcha, Limbu, Lontara/Makasar, Malayalam, Manpuri, Modi, New Tai Lue, Oriya, Phagspa, Ranjana, Redjang, Sharda, Siddham, Sinhala, Sorang Sompeng, Sourashtra, Soyombo, Sundanese, Syloti Nagri, Tagalog, Tagbanwa, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Tibetan, Tocharian, Varang Kshiti City River Hotel?
Bus Stop Bar & Guesthouse
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Home | News | Writing systems | Language learning | Articles | Phrases | Multilingual pages | Book store | Puzzles | Gallery | Songs | Links | FAQs | About this site | About the author | Contact | Blog | Forum > Marriot Sydney > Medina Grand Harbourside
> Medusa Sydney > Observatory Sydney
Sydney Hotels from DirectRooms.com
Copyright 1998- 2009 Simon Ager
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8/18/2009
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