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Vowel Symbol	Name of Vowel in IPA	Vowel
		First Series	Second Series
|	Sraq AA	AA	OO
ា	Sraq aa	aa	ie
ិ	Sraq e	e	i
ី	Sraq ey	ey	ii
ឹ	Sraq e	e	h
ឺ	Sraq eh	eh	hh
ុ	Sraq o	o	u
ូ	Sraq ou	ou	uu
ួ	Sraq ue	ue	ue
ើ	Sraq ae	ae	ee
ឿ	Sraq he	he	he
ៀ	Sraq ie	ie	ie
េ	Sraq ei	ei	ee
ែ	Sraq ae	ae	EE
ៃ	Sraq ay	ay	hy
ោ	Sraq ao	ao	oo
ៅ	Sraq aw	aw	hw
ុំ	Sraq om	om	um
ំ	Sraq Am	Am	um
ាំ	Sraq am	am	oe(m
ះ	Sraq ah	ah	ee(h
ុះ	Sraq oh	oh	uh
េះ	Sraq eh	eh	ih
ោះ	Sraq Ah	Ah	uh

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V. Vowels
The Cambodian vowel may consist of one or a combination of elements written before, above, below, or after the initial consonant. There are 24 vowels in Khmer. Since the abstract vowel (AA) is embedded in a consonant, there are only 23 vowels shown in the table below. The pronunciation of a vowel in Khmer is determined by the series of the initial consonant that it accompanies. Click on the vowels to listen to their pronunciation and practice with the consonants.

The pronunciation of a vowel in Cambodian is determined by the two series of consonants (first and second series). Examples of how to pronounce a vowel with the first and second series consonant are found in the Vowels page. The table below provides the symbol of all vowel sounds in IPA symbol with the first and second series sound. (Huffman, 1970)

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When two consonants are pronounced consecutively within a word, the second consonant's symbol is written in a special sub-consonant form which is placed below the first consonant. The sub-consonant always follows the consonant in the pronunciation. The form of the sub-consonant is in most cases a smaller version of its consonant version but some look completely different from the superscript. The tables provided here are the lists of the sub-consonant and the consonant. (Huffman, 1970)

ក្ក	ខ្ខ	គ្គ	ឃ្ឃ	ង្ង
ច្ច	ឆ្ឆ	ជ្ជ	ឈ្ឈ	ញ្ញ
ដ្ដ	ឋ្ឋ	ឌ្ឌ	ឍ្ធ	ណ្ណ
ត្ត	ថ្ថ	ទ្ទ	ធ្ធ	ន្ន
ប្ប	ផ្ផ	ព្ព	ភ្ភ	ម្ម
យ្យ	រ្រ	ល្ល	វ្វ
ស្ស	ហ្ហ	ឡ	អ្អ

V. Vowels