Brush up on those language skills ( by Andrew "អេនឌ្រូ")
I just had this thought cross my mind that I have never shown you all what any of our languages are like here! So I guess it's time I gave you a glimpse! So here we go, let's start with Khmer (Cambodian)...The alphabet is made up of: 33 consonants, 32 sub-scripts, 24 dependent vowels, and 14 independent vowels. (plus various other signs and symbols)So first the consonants: ក - găw ខ - kăw គ - go ឃ - kō ង - ngōច - jăw ឆ - chăw ជ - jō ឈ - chō ញ - nyōដ - dăw ឋ - tăw ឌ - dō ឍ - toe ណ - năwត - đăw ថ - tăw ទ - đō ធ - toe ន - noប - băw ផ - păw ព - þō ភ - pō ម - mōយ - yō រ - rō ល - lō វ - wōស - săw ហ - hăw ឡ - lăw អ - ăw The Sub-scripts (which have to go under an existing consonant):(these have the same sounds as above) ក្ក ខ្ខ គ្គ ឃ្ឃ ង្ងច្ច ឆ្ឆ ជ្ជ ឈ្ឈ ញ្ញដ្ដ ឋ្ឋ ឌ្ឌ ឍ្ឍ ណ្ណត្ត ថ្ថ ទ្ទ ធ្ធ ន្នប្ប ផ្ផ ព្ព ភ្ភ ម្មយ្យ រ្រ ល្ល វ្វស្ស ហ្ហ no sub-script អ្អ The Dependent Vowels: (the letter អ is used as a place holder when typing vowels by themselves) (1st series / 2nd series)អា - a / ear អិ - ǽt / ēt អី - āy / ē អឹ - ut / ŭtអឺ - ur / ŭŭ អុ - ōt / oot អូ - ō / oo អួ - oowr / oowrអើ - ăur / ŭr អឿ - ŭŭr / ŭŭr អៀ - ear / ear អេ - ā / ay or eyអែ - īe / è អៃ - īē / ey អោ - ow / ō អៅ - ow' / œwអុំ - òm / ōm អំ - ŏm / ōm អាំ - ăhm / ōam អះ - ăh' / ëahអិះ - eh' / ēh' អុះ - oh' / ooh'? អេះ - eh' / ēh' អោះ - ăh' / ooh'! The Independent Vowels: អ - ăw ឥ - ǽt' ឦ - uāy ឧ - ōt ឩ - ōឪ - ōuoo ឫ - roo' ឬ - roo ឭ - loo' ឮ - looឯ - īĕ ឰ - īē ឱ, ឲ - ow ឳ - au' Now for some useful words and phrases: ចំរាបសួរ jom reaþ soor Helloអ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ? neak' sok sabīđay? How are you?ខ្ញុំឈ្មោះ... knyom chmooh'... My name is...លាហើយ lear howy Goodbye...ខ្មែរថាប៉េច? … kmīr tar might How do you say … in Khmer? Until next time enjoy learning a little bit of Khmer! And maybe next time you can get a glimpse of another one of our many languages.