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Alphabet[edit | edit source]
The alphabet contains 40 letters:
Letter | IPA | Km* |
---|---|---|
Aa | aː | អះ |
Ăă | a | អា |
Ââ | ɨ | អិ |
Bb | b | ប |
Ƀƀ | ʔb | អប |
C̆c̆/Čč | tʃ | ឆ |
Dd | d | ដ |
Đđ | ʔd | ឆដ |
Ee | ɛː | អេ |
Ĕĕ | ɛ | អេ |
Êê | eː | អះ |
Ê̆ê̆/Ēē | e | អេ |
Gg | ɡ | គ |
Hh | h | ហ |
Ii | iː | អីះ |
Ĭĭ | i | អី |
Jj | dʒ | ឌយ |
DJ dj | ʔdʒ | អេឌយ |
Kk | k | កា |
Ll | l | ល |
Mm | m | ម |
Nn | n | ន |
Ññ | ɲ | ញ |
NG ng | ŋ | ង |
Oo | ɔː | អុះ |
Ŏŏ | ɔ | អុ |
Ôô | oː | អ |
Ô̆ô̆/Ōō | o | អូ |
Ơơ | əː | អឺះ |
Ơ̆ơ̆/Ờờ | ə | អឺ |
Pp | p | ផ |
Rr | r | រ |
Ss | s | ស |
Tt | t | ទ |
Uu | uː | អូះ |
Ŭŭ | u | អូ |
Ưư | ɯː | អ៊ូ |
Ư̆ư̆/Ửử | ɯ | អូ |
Ww | w | វ |
Yy | j | យ |
* Correlation with Khmer Alphabet using IPA
Phonology[edit | edit source]
The following overview is based on Jarai as it is spoken in Gia Lai province of Vietnam.
Consonants[edit | edit source]
Jarai has 25 consonant phonemes:
Bilabial | Dental/Alveolar | Post-
alveolar |
Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Stops | voiceless plain | p | t | k | ʔ | ||
voiceless aspirated | pʰ | tʰ | kʰ | ||||
voiced plain | b | d | ˀdʲ | g | |||
voiced glottalized | ˀb | ˀd | |||||
Fricatives | voiceless | s | h | ||||
voiceless | |||||||
Affricates | voiceless | tʃ | |||||
voiced | dʒ | ||||||
Nasals | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | |||
Lateral | l | ||||||
Approximants | w | j |
Vowels[edit | edit source]
Jarai has nine vowel phonemes, i.e. sounds that distinguish word meaning.
Front | Central | Back | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Unrounded | Rounded | |||
Close | i | ɯ | u | |
Mid | e | ə | ||
Open-mid | ɛ | o | ||
Open | a |
Videos[edit | edit source]
Jarai Alphabet (Bảng chử cái tiếng Gia Rai) - YouTube[edit | edit source]
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