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LANGUAGE

From written signs to everyday conversation.

Khmer / Script foundations

Khmer · core letter recognition

ខ្មែរ

33 consonant letters. Khmer is an abugida: consonant series affect the inherent vowel and dependent vowel values. Subscript consonants form clusters. This first chart is not a full chart of vowel signs or clusters.

Khmer is not tonal. Do not apply neighboring Thai tone rules to Khmer; learn the two consonant series and vowel combinations.

recognition cards
33
scope
Letters, not a full sound course
Unicode character chart

Signs

33