Cambodian System of Writing and Beginning Reader with Drills and Glossary 9780300013146, 9780300011999, 0300013140, 0300011997
This volume consists of four parts: (1) The Cambodian Writing System, a formal description of the relationship between t
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Table of contents :
Franklin E. Huffman, Chhom-Rak Thong Lambert & Im Proum - Cambodian System of Writing and Beginning Reader with Drills and Gloss......Page 0
Title......Page 1
Copyright......Page 2
Preface......Page 3
Contents......Page 5
The Language......Page 8
The System of Writing......Page 9
Consonants......Page 11
Initial Consonant Sequences......Page 12
Vowels......Page 13
Word Structure......Page 16
Marginal Phonemes and Phoneme Combinations......Page 17
Names and Values of the Consonant Symbols......Page 18
Notes on the Consonant Symbols......Page 20
The Two Series Contrasted......Page 23
Final Consonants......Page 25
Names of the Vowel Symbols......Page 29
Values of Syllabic Configurations......Page 30
The Indpendent Vowel Symbols......Page 34
Redundancy......Page 35
Subscript Forms......Page 40
Notes on the Subscripts......Page 41
Monosyllables......Page 48
Disyllables......Page 49
Polysyllables......Page 51
Diacritics......Page 52
Punctuation......Page 59
Numerals......Page 63
Notes on the Numerals......Page 65
Abbreviations......Page 66
Pagination......Page 68
Unwritten Vowels......Page 69
Unwritten Consonants......Page 74
X. Irregular Spellings......Page 76
Handwriting......Page 79
Styles of Script......Page 82
Samples of Handwriting Styles......Page 84
Typewritten Style......Page 85
Samples of Printed Styles......Page 86
II. Phonological Summary......Page 90
III. Consonants......Page 91
IV. Final Consonants......Page 102
V. Vowels......Page 104
VI. The Independent Vowel Symbols......Page 118
VII. Some Disyllables......Page 122
VIII. Subscript Consonant Symbols......Page 123
IX. Initial Clusters......Page 126
X. Governance of Vowel Series in Words of More Than One Syllable......Page 130
XI. Medial Clusters......Page 132
XII. Written Final Clusters......Page 135
XIII. Unwritten Vowels......Page 137
XIV. Unwritten Consonants......Page 140
XV. Some Irregular Spellings......Page 141
XVI. Some Additional Diacritics......Page 143
XVII. Vowel Reduction in Presyllables......Page 146
XVIII. Numerals......Page 147
Appendix B: Transliteration System for Khmer Script......Page 151
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Appendix B: Transliteration System for Khmer Script