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==Videos==
===Jarai Alphabet (Bảng chử cái tiếng Gia Rai) - YouTube===
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==Other Lessons==
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Latest revision as of 20:00, 27 March 2023


Alphabet[edit | edit source]

The alphabet contains 40 letters:

Letter IPA Km*
Aa អះ
Ăă a អា
Ââ ɨ អិ
Bb b
Ƀƀ ʔb អប
C̆c̆/Čč
Dd d
Đđ ʔd ឆដ
Ee ɛː អេ
Ĕĕ ɛ អេ
Êê អះ
Ê̆ê̆/Ēē e អេ
Gg ɡ
Hh h
Ii អីះ
Ĭĭ i អី
Jj ឌយ
DJ dj ʔdʒ អេឌយ
Kk k កា
Ll l
Mm m
Nn n
Ññ ɲ
NG ng ŋ
Oo ɔː អុះ
Ŏŏ ɔ អុ
Ôô
Ô̆ô̆/Ōō o អូ
Ơơ əː អឺះ
Ơ̆ơ̆/Ờờ ə អឺ
Pp p
Rr r
Ss s
Tt t
Uu អូះ
Ŭŭ u អូ
Ưư ɯː អ៊ូ
Ư̆ư̆/Ửử ɯ អូ
Ww w
Yy j

* 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
voiced plain b d ˀdʲ g
voiced glottalized ˀb ˀd
Fricatives voiceless s h
voiceless
Affricates voiceless
voiced
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]

Other Lessons[edit | edit source]