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17 July 2005

The Alphabets

Consonants
ក ខ គ ឃ ង
ច ឆ ជ ឈ ញ
ដ ឋ ឌ ឍ ណ
ត ថ ទ ធ ន
ប ផ ព ភ ម
យ រ ល វ
ស ហ ឡ អ


Vowels
ា ិ ី ឹ ឺ ុ ូ ួ
ើ ឿ ៀ េ ែ ៃ
ោ ៅ ុំ ំ ាំ
ះ ុះ េះ ោះ


So, that's 56 "regular" letters, making it one of the largest alphabets in the world (well, an "Abugida" actually, if you care for such nuances). Some claim THE largest.

1 Comments:

Blogger Phnom Penh said...

We have many resources on learning Khmer at Khmercity, including Khmer unicode and books entirely in Khmer.

http://www.khmercity.net

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