vowels may be used as monosyllabic words, or as the initial syllables in longer words. Khmer words as written never begin with regular vowels; they can, however, begin with independent vowels. Example: ???, ???????, ?????, ????...?

Syllable structure

A Khmer syllable begins with a single consonant, or else with a cluster of two, or rarely three, consonants. The only possible clusters of three consonants at the start of a syllable are , and (with aspirated

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