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Khmer Writing System
Khmer Writing System
1. Consonants and Vowels
1. Consonants and Vowels
I. Consonants
1. The First 16 Consonants
Cambodian has 44 consonants including 33 regular symbols and 11 others modified by diacritics. In this chapter, we are focusing on the first 16 consonants. We will be discussing the other regular symbols and the 11 consonants modified by diacritics in the future chapters, and then we will move onto the vowels symbols.
Video tutorial
Video tutorial
1.1. Watch the video tutoral above and matching pictures with consonants. Please submit the screenshot of complete exercise.
1.1. Watch the video tutoral above and matching pictures with consonants. Please submit the screenshot of complete exercise.
1.2. Record yourself reading each consonant out loud and share it with your friends/teacher for further feedback.
1.3. Dictation: Please listen carefully and write what you hear. Note that you need to install Khmer fonts in order to complete this exercise. Please submit the screenshot of complete exercise.
1.3. Dictation: Please listen carefully and write what you hear. Note that you need to install Khmer fonts in order to complete this exercise. Please submit the screenshot of complete exercise.
2. The first and the second series of the consonants:
Please note: Cambodian consonants are classified as belonging to two groups: Group "AW" (low registered sound) and Group "OW" (high registered sound).
Video tutorial
2.2. Matching assignment: After the video, match each of the first series consonant with its second series using the following app. Please submit the screenshot of complete exercise.
2.3. Grouping assignment: Watch the video again, and then move the consonants to the left side if you think they are the first series consonant and to the right side if the second series.
II. Vowel Symbols
1.1. Introduction of vowel group 1 and 2, the positions of the vowels and how to pronoun them.
Video tutorial
Video tutorial
1.3. Match Khmer words with English translations.
1.3. Match Khmer words with English translations.
2. Vowel Symbol: Group 3-4
Video tutorial
2.1. Match the vowel letters that you think they rhyme with the English words.
2.1. Match the vowel letters that you think they rhyme with the English words.
2.2. Record your vowel sounds and share it with your friends/teacher for further feedback.
2.4. Record your vowel sounds and share it with your friends/teacher for further feedback.
2.5. Match Khmer words with the English translations.
2.5. Match Khmer words with the English translations.
3. Vowel Symbol (group 5): ី/ ី/ ឹ/ ឺ
Vowel Symbols with Phonetic Scripts.
Vowel Symbols with Phonetic Scripts.
The vowel symbols listed in Table 1 are placed on top of the consonants.
The vowel symbols listed in Table 1 are placed on top of the consonants.
3.1. Listen and write what you hear.
3.2. Record your vowel sounds and share it with your friends/teacher for further feedback.
3.3. In the following audio clip, one of the four words will be read out loud three times. Mark the word you will hear.
3.4. Read the words below and mark the word that you think does not belong in the group.
4. Vowel Symbol: Group 6-7
Video tutorial
4.1. Record yourself reading the vowels out loud and share it with your friends/teacher for further feedback.
4.2. Listen and write the vowel you will hear.
4.3. Drag the words into the correct order.
Please note that as long as the sentence makes some sort of sense, the grammatical point does not matter. It might not make sense in English but it does in Khmer. Please refer chart Table 1 for to the list of vocabulary.
5. Vowel Symbol: Group 8-9
Video tutorial
5.1.Please record yourself reading the vowels out loud and share it with your friends/teacher for further feedback.
5.2. Listen and write what you hear.
5.3. Read through the words in each column and add another relevant word that you have learned to each group. Compare your answers with your friends. Please refer chart Table 1 for to the list of vocabulary.
5.4. Provide the possible word to make a complete and meaningful sentence. Please refer chart Table 1 for to the list of vocabulary.
For example: សុខសង់ _____។ សុខសង់តុ។ (Sok builds a table.)
•សេះចង់ផឹក____។
•ចៅចង់ផឹក_____។
•ចៅខំបឺត____។
•តាសុំដាំ_____។
•ចៅបេះចេក____។
Table 1:
2. Sub-consonants
2. Sub-consonants
Matching consonant with its sub-consonant.
Some sub-consonants are smaller version of consonant and some are without the top part of consonant which is called Sɔk "Hair" of consonant.
The consonant and its sub-consonant can not be clustered.
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