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Lesson 1:
Basic Line of Khmer Alphabets

In order to write Khmer alphabet well, you need to know their basic lines. There are 33 consonants
with 33 subscriptions, 23 independence vowel, and 13 dependence vowels. Even though there
seems so many consonants and vowels in Khmer language but to write Khmer alphabets, we only
need to know only few basic lines as we showing below.

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In Khmer Alphabets, they are divided in to three parts, Head/Hair (upper part, Body (middle part),
and Leg (lower part). In order to make symbol of each alphabet, we need to know the basic line and
connect them together. Lets see the sample connection of the basic line to make a symbols of
Khmer alphabet.
If we connect two basic lines together ( 5 & 10), we will form the first of Khmer alphabet;

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By Perform this combination, we can make 33 consonants with 33 subscription, 23 independence

vowels, and 15 dependence vowels.

The 33 Consonants are:

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The 23 independence vowels are:

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There are 13 dependence vowels. They are:

We did not for a specific way to make Khmer alphabet; you can draw it from top to bottom first or from the bottom
to the top first as your convenience yet the Khmer alphabets must be written from left to right.

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