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Northern Khmer

Phylum: Mon-Khmer

Genus: Khmer

Lat/lon: 14.47, 103.86

ISO code: kxm

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-velarlabio-dentalalveolarpalatalvelarglottal
stopp, pʰ, bt, tʰ, dc, cʰk, kʰʔ
trillr
fricativefsh
nasalmnɲŋ
approximantwj
lateral approximantl

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
closeiɨu
near-closeɪʊ
close-mideɤ, o
midə
open-midɛʌ, ɔ
openaɑ

Long series

frontcentralback
closeɨː
near-closeɪːʊː
close-midɤː, oː
midəː
open-midɛːʌː, ɔː
openɑː

Diphthongs

/iə/, /ɨə/, /ua/

Licit initial clusters

str, skr, CC

Licit finals

p, t, c, k, ʔ, h, m, n, ɲ, ŋ, w, l, r, j

Licit syllabic templates

(C)CV(C), strV(C), skrV(C)

Source: Premsirat, Suwilai & Phuitsarakit, Orawan. 1996. The Characteristics and Distributions of Northern Khmer: The past, present and future of some dynamic final consonants. Mahidol University.

Contributed by: Chingduang Yurayong (jang905@hotmail.com)