The Standard Khmer vowel system: An acoustic study
Abstract
Previous acoustic studies of the Khmer Language (Henderson 1952, Thomas & Wanna 1987-88, Ratree 1998, Woźnica 2009, Kirby 2014) do not concentrate on the Phnom Penh dialect (hereafter PP dialect) as the canonical form of Khmer. This study concentrates on describing standard Khmer vowel distinction in the specific context of the PP dialect. Although there is no clear-cut definition of "Standard Khmer",
the notion of "speaking clearly" (នោិ យចាស់/nijiɜj cbah/) may help us to define standard Khmer dialect. This study reports the results of an acoustic-phonetic analysis of the PP dialect. The study finds that all PP Khmer vowels presented phonemically and phonetically in the standard Khmer vowel system.
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CHEM, V., & CHEM, V. . (2020). The Standard Khmer vowel system: An acoustic study. Cambodia Journal of Basic and Applied Research, 2(2), 57–88. https://doi.org/10.61945/cjbar.2020.2.2.3
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