3.4: The First and Second Series of Consonants

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    Cambodian consonants are classified into two groups: Group “ɔɔ” (low registered sound or first series) and Group “oo” (high registered sound or second series).

    The First and Second Series of Consonants

    Table 1: First Series Consonants
      ឋ[1] (tɔɔ) ណ (nɔɔ) ត (dtɔɔ) ថ (tɔɔ) ហ

    (hɔɔ)

    h-
      ឡ (lɔɔ)

    l-

    		 អ (ɔɔ)

    ɔɔ-

    		 ស (sɔɔ)

    s-/h-

    		 ប (bɔɔ) ផ (pɔɔ)
    6 consonants modified by diacritics Mousekatoan (“) យ៉

    (yɔɔ)

    		 រ៉

    (rɔɔ)

    		 វ៉

    (vɔɔ)

    		 ង៉

    (gnɔɔ)

    		 ម៉

    (mɔɔ)
      ញ៉

    (nhɔɔ)

    		        
      ក​ (kɔɔ) ខ (khɔɔ) ច​ (caa) ឆ (chɔɔ) ដ​​​​ (dɔɔ)

     

    Table 1: Second Series Consonants
      ឃ (khoo) ង (gnoo) ឌ (doo) ឍ​​[2] (thoo) ន (noo)
      ទ (dtoo) ធ (thoo) ព (bpoo) រ (roo)

    r-/-r

    		 យ (yoo)

    y-/-y
    ល (loo)

    l-/-l

    		 ភ (phoo) ម (moo) ញ (nhoo) គ​ (koo)
      ឈ (choo) ជ (joo) វ (voo)

    v-/-v

    		    
    4 consonants modified by diacritics​ Treysap (​ ៊) ហ៊

    (hoo)

    		 ស៊

    (soo)

    		 ប៊

    (boo)

    		 អ៊

    (oo)

    		  

     

    Watch the video tutorial and repeat each consonant out loud.

    Writing

    Download the worksheet below to practice writing consonants by following the directional arrows.

    Worksheet 1

    Reading

    Watch the video again and match each of the first series consonant with its second series.

    Query \(\PageIndex{1}\)

    [1] The first series consonants “ឋ “ and “ថ” have the same pronunciation. The words that are borrowed from Sanskrit are more often used with consonant ឋ .

    [2] The second series consonants “ឍ “ and “ធ” have the same pronunciation. The consonant “ឍ” is rarely used.

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