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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]
្កkk, ʔ1
្ខk1
្គkk, ʔ2
្ឃk2
្ងŋŋ2[3]
្ចcc1
្ឆnone [4]1
្ជcc2
្ឈnone [4]2
្ញɲɲ2[3]
្ដɗ1
្ឋt̪ʰ1
្ឌɗ2
្ឍt̪ʰ2
្ណ1
្ត, ɗ[5]1
្ថt̪ʰ1
្ទ2
្ធt̪ʰ2
្ន2[3]
្បɓ, p[6]p1
្ផp1
្ពpp2
្ភp2
្មmm2[3]
្យjj2[3]
្រr - , r[7]2[3]
្ល2[3]
្វʋ/ʋ/, /w/ 2[3]
្សsh1
្ហhnone [4]1
-none [4]1
្អʔnone [4]1


Vowel1st Series Value2nd Series Value[2]
ɑːɔː
ឣិ, e, ə, i, ɨ
ឣីəj
ឣឹəɨ
ឣឺəɨɨː
ឣុou
ឣូou
ឣួ
ឣូវəwɨw
ឣើəː
ឣឿɨə
ឣៀ
ឣេei, ə[8], ɨ[8]
ឣែaeɛː
ឣៃajɨj
ឣោao
ឣៅawɨw
ឣុំomum
ឣំɑmum
ឣាំamoə̯m
ឣះaheah
ឣិះehih
ឣុះohuh
ឣេះehih
ឣោះɑhuəh


VowelIPA
e; i; əi
ʔəj
;
(obsolete)
ʔuː
ʔɨw
ʔrɨʔ
ʔrɨː
ʔlɨʔ
ʔlɨː
ʔae; ʔɛː,ʔeː
ʔaj
, ʔaːo
ʔaw
  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 above the subscript form. See here for further details.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 never occurs at the end of words
  5. is used by orthographic convention to represent ɗ in disyllabic words whose underlying form is spelled with or as opposed to derivatives of bases spelled with , which keep the original for ɗ.
  6. in certain words of Pali or Sanskrit origin
  7. final 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