Inquiry: Khmer Vowels (fwd)

[Yuphaphann Hoonchamlong]

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Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2000 11:57:33 -0500 (EST)
From: Adelwisa A Weller <alagawel at umich.edu>
To: cotseal2000 at umich.edu
Subject: Inquiry: Khmer Vowels (fwd)

fyi.

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Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2000 10:44:50 -0500
From: Scott McGinnis <smcginnis at nflc.org>
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Subject: Inquiry: Khmer Vowels

Date:  Fri, 10 Nov 2000 11:56:44 +0000
From:  "Robert R. Ratcliffe" <ratcliff at fs.tufs.ac.jp>
Subject:  Khmer vowels

I just heard a talk by our Khmer (Cambodian) professor here, in which
she described a set of "constricted" or "narrow" vowels. She couldn't
tell me what these were phonetically, and I couldn't find any reference
to them (or to Khmer at all) in standard sources like Ladefoged &
Maddieson or Laver. The description made them sound like ATR vowels, but
when she pronounced them for me I heard something like creaky or breathy
voiced vowels. Does anyone know what they are, or can anyone refer me to
phonetic research on Khmer?

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Robert R. Ratcliffe
Associate Professor, Arabic and Linguistics,
Dept. of Linguistics and Information Science
Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
Asahi-machi 3-11-1,
Fuchu-shi, Tokyo
183-8534 Japan