Khmer Learning(3)

III. Consonant
There are thirty-three letters in the Cambodian writing system. They are arranged in five groups according to the position of the articulation, proceeding from the back to the front of the mouth, and a sixth group labeled as miscellaneous. The consonants in modern Cambodian are also divided into two categories or series. The first series is voiceless and the second series is voiced (sometimes are called light voiced and heavy voiced). The table below provides the symbol of all consonants sounds in IPA symbol with the first and second series sound. (Huffman, 1970)

Num	Consonants	IPA	Pronunciation 1st Series	Pronunciation 2nd Series
1	ក	k	kAA
2	ខ	kh	khAA
3	គ	k		kOO
4	ឃ	kh		khOO
5	ង	N		NOO
6	ច	c	cAA
7	ឆ	ch	chAA
8	ជ	c		cOO
9	ឈ	ch		chOO
10	ញ	n)		n)OO
11	ដ	d	dAA
12	ឋ	th	thAA
13	ឌ	d		dOO
14	ធ	th		thOO
15	ណ	n	nAA
16	ត	t	tAA
17	ថ	th	thAA
18	ទ	t		tOO
19	ធ	th		thOO
20	ន	n		nOO
21	ប	b	bAA
22	ផ	ph	phAA
23	ណ	p		pOO
24	ភ	ph		phOO
25	ម	m		mOO
26	យ	y		yOO
27	រ	r		rOO
28	ល	l		lOO
29	វ	w		wOO
30	ស	s	sAA
31	ហ	h	hAA
32	ឡ	l	lAA
33	អ	q	qAA

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