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A Khmer raised r.
Also known as: Khmer repha
The Khmer mark writing a historical r above the consonant that follows it.
Writes a historical r preceding the consonant it sits above.
Contexts: Language and transcription, History
Usually silent in modern Khmer, so the mark records an etymology rather than a sound — a written trace of Sanskrit and Pali spellings the language no longer pronounces.
Contexts: Language and transcription, History
The same device as the Devanagari repha and the Sinhala repaya, inherited into a third script and there reduced to a spelling convention.
Contexts: Language and transcription, History
A small curled mark set above the consonant, distinct from the vowel signs that occupy the same space.
The same raised-r device, retained in Khmer as a spelling convention after the sound was lost.