Khmer Pronunciation 6

1.	Word	CnCati	nationality	7.	Word	Rkumh~un	Company
2.	Word	beRgon	to teach	8.	Word	b"uEn5	but
3.	Word	RKUeBT<	medical doctor	9.	Word	{kCn	private
4.	Word	yUr[	Once in a while	10.	Word	Bt`man	information
5.	Word	visVkr	engineer	11.	Word	ext5	province
6.	Word	GK!isnI	electricity	12.	Word	bec3keTs	technology

1. Word CnCati (nationality)

All Khmer consonant there is an inherent vowel. The inherent vowel for the first consonant is /AA/ and sedon consonant is /OO/. The syllable (Cati ), vowel ( i ) on letter (t ) is not pronounced.

Correct Spelling	Pronunciation	IPA
CnCati	Cn' Cat	cu(en ciet

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2. Word beRgon (to teach)

Consonant (g ) could take sub-consonants ( 1 2 ! R V S > and : ) as medial cluster. The word beRgon, consonant g takes sub-consonant ( R ) as its medial cluster.

Correct Spelling	Pronunciation	IPA
beRgon	bg' eron	bAN rien

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3. Word RKUeBT< (medical doctor)

The spelling of (RKUeBT< ), sub-consonant ( < ) remains silent when it occurs in final position.

Correct Spelling	Pronunciation	IPA
RKUeBT<	RKU eBT	kruu-pEEt.

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4. Word yUr[ (Once in a while)

The full or partial reduplication sign Leiktoo ([ ) is used to indicate that the word after which it occurs is to be repeated.

Correct Spelling	Pronunciation	IPA
yUr[	yU yU	yuu yuu

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5. Word visVkr (Engineer)

Word (visVkr ) has three syllables. Consonant (s ) could take sub-consonants ( V ) an initial cluster. Since this word is from Sanskrit, it is pronounced as illustrating in the table below.

Correct Spelling	Pronunciation	IPA
visVkr	vi sVak' k	wii swak kOO

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6. Word GK!isnI (electricity)

Word (GK!isnI ) has three syllables. Consonant (K ) could take sub-consonants ( ! ) as a medial cluster. Since this word is from Sanskrit, it is pronounced as illustrating in the table below.

Correct Spelling	Pronunciation	IPA
GK!isnI	Gak' Kis nI	qaakiseni

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7. Word Rkumh~un (company)

Diacritic treysap ( ~ ) are used to convert four of the first series consonants s h b and G which have no second series counterpart to the second series consonant s~ h~ b~ and G~ so that the vowel used with this consonant are pronounced with the second series value.

Word Without Diacritic			Word With Diacritic
Rkumhun	krom hon	No meaning	Rkumh~un	krom hun	company

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8. Word b"uEn5 (but)

Diacritic Mousekatoan ( " ) is used to convert six of the second series consonants g Baj m y r and v which has no second series counterparts to first series consonants g" Baj"" m" y" r" and v" . Diacritic Mousekatoan ( " ) is used to convert a first series consonant b to b" and from which b" has the conterpart in the second series B .

Word Without Diacritic			Word With Diacritic
buEn5	bontae	No meaning	b"uEn5	pontae	company

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9. Word {kCn (private)

Independent vowel ({ ) is equla to regular vowel (E ) and it is pronounced (EG )

Correct Spelling	Pronunciation	Posible IPA
{kCn	EGk kCn	qaek kecun

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10. Word Bt`man (information)

Diacritic Robaat ( ` ) is the reflex of an original /r/ in Sanskrit word. In most words, when robaat occurs over a final consonant, both the consonant and the robaat is not pronounced. In some case, the effect of robaat is to chang the vowel to . When the robaat appears over a medial consonant, robaat is pronounced.

Correct Spelling	Pronunciation	Posible IPA
Bt`man	Bt`man	pOedAAmien

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11. Word ext5 (province)

Word (ext5 ) has syllable. Consonant (t ) could take its own sub-consonants ( 5 ) and it remains silent. This word has a different spelling (ExRt, but pronunciation remains the same.

Correct Spelling	Pronunciation	Posible IPA
ext5	Ext	khaet

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12. Word bec3keTs (technology)

Word (bec3keTs ) has four syllables. Consonant (c ) could take sub-consonants ( 3 ) as medial cluster.

Correct Spelling	Pronunciation	Posible IPA
bec3keTs	Z"ac' Ec ka eTs	pac cae kateeh

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