Khmer Script
- Type: Abugida
- An abugida is a writing system in which consonant-vowel sequences are written as a unit and vowel notation is secondary
- Direction: Left-to-right
- Age: circa 611 - present
- Approximately 79% of Cambodians are able to read Khmer
- 35 consonant characters, although 2 are obsolete (see below)
- Each consonant has an inherent vowel, â or ô
- Each consonant can belong to one of two series, the a-series or o-series
- Each consonant, expect one, also has a subscript form
- May also be called sub-consonants
- ជើងអក្សរ in Khmer (cheung âksâr)
- Most subscript consonants resemble their corresponding consonant symbol, but sometimes there's no obvious resemblance
- Most subscript consonants are written directly below other consonants, although subscript r is written to the left, and others have ascending elements that appear to the right
Consonant | Subscript form | Full value (with inherent vowel) | Consonant value |
ក | ្ក | kâ | k |
ខ | ្ខ | khâ | kh |
គ | ្គ | kô | k |
ឃ | ្ឃ | khô | kh |
ង | ្ង | ng | ng |
ច | ្ច | châ | ch |
ឆ | ្ឆ | chhâ | chh |
ជ | ្ជ | chô | ch |
ឈ | ្ជ | chhô | chh |
ញ | ្ញ | nhô | nh |
ដ | ្ដ | dâ | d |
ឋ | ្ឋ | thâ | th |
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