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PRONUNCIATION

	1. Word	cg'
	2. Word	em"ag
	3. Word	pSar
	4. Word	s1r

1. Word cg' (to want)

The diacritic bAntAq ( ' ) occurs on the top of the final consonant of a syllable and it is used to shorten the vowel of that syllable. All Khmer consonant, there is an inherent vowel. The inherent vowel for the first series consonant is /AA/ and second series consonant is /OO/. In a syllable with invisible vowel, bantaq is used to shorten the inherent vowel. The inherent vowel /AA/ changes to /A/ after the first series consonant and the inherent vowle /OO/ changes to /u/ or /u(e/ after the second series consonant. The syllable (cg ), first series consonant (c ) has an inherent vowel /AA/, therefore the pronunciation of this syllable is (cAAN). When diacritic bAntAq ( ' ) is used on the top of the final consonant (cg') the inherent vowel changes from to /AA/ to /A/ which cause the pronunciation of syllable (cAAN) to (cAN).

Word Without Diacritic			Word With Diacritic
cg	cAAN	to tie	cg'	cAN	to want
Kat' cg eKa			nag cg' eTA pSar
He ties a cow.			She want to go to the market.

2. Word em"ag

The diacritic mousekatoan ( " ) on the consonant (m ) convert the second series consonant (m ) to first series consonant (m" ).

Word Without Diacritic			Word With Diacritic
emag	mooN	big stick	ema"g	maoN	hour or time or o'clock
elak yk emag enaH eTANa /			]LUvenH ema"g 5 l9ac
Where do you bring that stick to?			Now It is 5 O'clock in the afternoon

3. Word pSar (market)

The word pSar is pronunced in IPA (psaa) . The consonant r is remain silent.

Correct Spelling	Pronunciation	IPA
pSar	pSa	psaa

If the word is written with no consonant (r ) the meaning of the word is different. It means heart or pain, but the pronunciation of the two words remain the same.

4. Word s1r (sugar)

The word s1r is pronunced in IPA (skAA). The consonant (r ) is remained silent.

Correct Spelling	Pronunciation	IPA
s1r	s1	skAA

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