Help:IPA/Khmer

The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Khmer language pronunciations in Wikipedia articles. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see Template:IPA and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.

Consonants
Full	Subscript	Initial Value	Final Value^[1]	Series^[2]
ក	្ក	k	k, ʔ	1
ខ	្ខ	kʰ	k	1
គ	្គ	k	k, ʔ	2
ឃ	្ឃ	kʰ	k	2
ង	្ង	ŋ	ŋ	2^[3]
ច	្ច	c	c	1
ឆ	្ឆ	cʰ	none ^[4]	1
ជ	្ជ	c	c	2
ឈ	្ឈ	cʰ	none ^[4]	2
ញ	្ញ	ɲ	ɲ	2^[3]
ដ	្ដ	ɗ	t̪	1
ឋ	្ឋ	t̪ʰ	t̪	1
ឌ	្ឌ	ɗ	t̪	2
ឍ	្ឍ	t̪ʰ	t̪	2
ណ	្ណ	n̪	n̪	1
ត	្ត	t̪, ɗ^[5]	t̪	1
ថ	្ថ	t̪ʰ	t̪	1
ទ	្ទ	t̪	t̪	2
ធ	្ធ	t̪ʰ	t̪	2
ន	្ន	n̪	n̪	2^[3]
ប	្ប	ɓ, p^[6]	p	1
ផ	្ផ	pʰ	p	1
ព	្ព	p	p	2
ភ	្ភ	pʰ	p	2
ម	្ម	m	m	2^[3]
យ	្យ	j	j	2^[3]
រ	្រ	r	- , r^[7]	2^[3]
ល	្ល	l̪	l̪	2^[3]
វ	្វ	ʋ	/ʋ/, /w/	2^[3]
ស	្ស	s	h	1
ហ	្ហ	h	none ^[4]	1
ឡ	-	l̪	none ^[4]	1
អ	្អ	ʔ	none ^[4]	1

Dependent Vowels
Vowel	1st Series Value	2nd Series Value^[2]
អ	ɑː	ɔː
អា	aː	iə, eə
អិ	eʔ, e, ə	iʔ, i, ɪ, ɨ
អី	ej	iː
អឹ	ɜ, ə	ɨ, ə
អឺ	əː	ɨː
អុ	oʔ, o	u
អូ	oː	uː
អួ	uə
អូវ	əw, ɜw	ɨw
អើ	aə	əː
អឿ	ɨə
អៀ	iə
អេ	eː, e, ə^[8]	eː, ɪ, ɨ^[8]
អែ	ae	ɛː, eː
អៃ	aj	ɪj, ɨj
អោ	ao	oː
អៅ	aw	əw, ɨw
អុំ	om	um
អំ	ɑm	um
អាំ	am	ɑm, oə̯m
អះ	ah	eah
អិះ	eh	ih
អឹះ	əh	eus
អឺះ	əːh	ers
អើះ	aəh	eurz
អែះ	aeh	aes
អុះ	oh	uh
អេះ	eh	ih, eh
អោះ	ɑh	uəh, ɔh

Independent Vowels
Vowel	IPA
ឥ	ʔeʔ, ʔe, ʔej
ឦ	ʔej
ឧ	ʔuʔ, ʔo
ឨ	ʔok (obsolete)
ឩ	ʔuː
ឪ	ʔɜw,ʔɨw
ឫ	rɨʔ, rə
ឬ	rɨː
ឭ	lɨʔ, lə
ឮ	lɨː
ឯ	ʔae
ឰ	ʔaj
ឱ, ឲ	ʔao
ឳ	ʔaw

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Consonants

Dependent Vowels

Independent Vowels

Notes

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