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U+17D0, ័
KHMER SIGN SAMYOK SANNYA

[U+17CF]
Khmer
[U+17D1]

Khmer

Diacritical mark

  1. The sanhyoŭk sannha, which is used in some Sanskrit and Pali loanwords (although alternative spellings usually exist); it is written above a consonant to represent the vowels /a/, /oa/, /ɔə/, /ea/. When it occurs with O-series consonants and a following , it is pronounced /e/. See also សំយោគសញ្ញា (sâmyoŭksânhnhéa).