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The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) helps with Khmer language pronunciations in pages. For a guide to adding IPA characters to pages, see {{IPA-km}} and :en:Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.


FullSubscriptInitial ValueFinal Value[1]Series[2]
ក្កkk, ʔ1
ខ្ខkʰk1
គ្គkk, ʔ2
ឃ្ឃkʰk2
ង្ងŋŋ2[3]
ច្ចcc1
ឆ្ឆcʰnone [4]1
ជ្ជcc2
ឈ្ឈcʰnone [4]2
ញ្ញɲɲ2[3]
ដ្ដɗt̪1
ឋ្ឋt̪ʰt̪1
ឌ្ឌɗt̪2
ឍ្ឍt̪ʰt̪2
ណ្ណn̪n̪1
ត្តt̪, ɗ[5]t̪1
ថ្ថt̪ʰt̪1
ទ្ទt̪t̪2
ធ្ធt̪ʰt̪2
ន្នn̪n̪2[3]
ប្បɓ, p[6]p1
ផ្ផpʰp1
ព្ពpp2
ភ្ភpʰp2
ម្មmm2[3]
យ្យjj2[3]
រ្រr - , r[7]2[3]
ល្លl̪l̪2[3]
វ្វʋ/ʋ/, /w/ 2[3]
ស្សsh1
ហ្ហhnone [4]1
ឡ-l̪none [4]1
អ្អʔnone [4]1


Vowel1st Series Value2nd Series Value[2]
ឣɑːɔː
ឤaːiə
ឣិeʔ, e, əiʔ, i, ɨ
ឣីəjiː
ឣឹəɨ
ឣឺəɨɨː
ឣុou
ឣូouuː
ឣួuə
ឣូវəwɨw
ឣើaəəː
ឣឿɨə
ឣៀiə
ឣេei, ə[8]eː, ɨ[8]
ឣែaeɛː
ឣៃajɨj
ឣោaooː
ឣៅawɨw
ឣុំomum
ឣំɑmum
ឣាំamoə̯m
ឣះaheah
ឣិះehih
ឣុះohuh
ឣេះehih
ឣោះɑhuəh


VowelIPA
ឥe; i; əi
ឦʔəj
ឧoʔ; uʔ
ឨ(obsolete)
ឩʔuː
ឪʔɨw
ឫʔrɨʔ
ឬʔrɨː
ឭʔlɨʔ
ឮʔlɨː
ឯʔae; ʔɛː,ʔeː
ឰʔaj
ឱ, ឲʔaːo
ឳʔaw
  1. ↑ The stops /p, t, c, k/ have no audible release when occurring as syllable finals, as in Cantonese
  2. 1 2 Khmer consonants belong to two classes that dictate the value of dependent vowels.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Can be changed to 1st series by stacking a ហ above the subscript form. See here for further details.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 never occurs at the end of words
  5. ↑ ត is used by orthographic convention to represent ɗ in disyllabic words whose underlying form is spelled with ត or ថ as opposed to derivatives of bases spelled with ដ, which keep the original ដ for ɗ.
  6. ↑ in certain words of Pali or Sanskrit origin
  7. ↑ final រ is silent (not transcribed) in central dialects of Cambodia and Vietnam, represents a trill in Northern Khmer dialects of Thailand
  8. 1 2 before palatals