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The Journal of the Siam Society Vol. LXXI, Part 1-2, 1983 - Khamkoo

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52 Barend Jan Terwiel<br />

<strong>Part</strong> I. Vowels and diphthongs<br />

Table 2: A system <strong>of</strong> transliterating Ahom<br />

Sign Syllable Vowel Approximate pronunciation<br />

~< ka a as in French "ami"<br />

m'\. ka a as in English "fa<strong>the</strong>r"<br />

w.. ki i as in English "bit"<br />

~ ki i as in English "meet"<br />

'WI.<br />

ku u as in English "bull"<br />

ku -u<br />

as in English Hblue"<br />

""'l<br />

I"W\\. kr;l 9 as in English "spot"<br />

k9<br />

-<br />

~ 9 as in English "spot",but longer held<br />

~ ku' u' as in French "tu"<br />

'V\"\'\ ku' u' as in Ge·rman "!lber"<br />

.fvv! kae ae as in English "fat"<br />

IVY\ ke -e<br />

as in English "late"<br />

"""'<br />

keu eli not unlike Dutch "trui~<br />

~ kai āi as in English "high"<br />

·:.rr;. kr;li 9i as in English "boy"<br />

~-: kaw - aw not unlike English "how"<br />

kaw -ow<br />

not unlike English<br />

4<br />

~~ kyu yu - as in English "fume"<br />

'Yf'\lo ku'w u'w as in Dutch "duw"<br />

"mow" or "sew"·

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