Editing Khmer script (section)

===Ligatures===
Most consonants, including a few of the subscripts, form [[Ligature (typography)|ligatures]] with the vowel {{transliteration|km|a}} (ា) and with all other dependent vowels that contain the same cane-like symbol. Most of these ligatures are easily recognizable, but a few may not be, particularly those involving the letter {{lang|km|ប}} {{transliteration|km|bâ}}. This combines with the a vowel in the form {{lang|km|បា}}, created to differentiate it from the consonant symbol {{lang|km|ហ}} {{transliteration|km|hâ}} and also from the ligature for {{lang|km|ច}} {{transliteration|km|châ}} with {{transliteration|km|a}} ({{lang|km|ចា}}).

Some more examples of ligatured symbols follow:

: {{lang|km|បៅ}} {{transliteration|km|bau}} {{IPA|[ɓaw]}} Another example with {{lang|km|ប}} {{transliteration|km|bâ}}, forming a similar ligature to that described above. Here the vowel is not a itself, but another vowel (au) which contains the cane-like stroke of that vowel as a graphical element.

: {{lang|km|លា}} {{transliteration|km|léa}} {{IPA|[liə]}} An example of the vowel a forming a connection with the [[serif]] of a consonant.

: {{lang|km|ផ្បា}} {{transliteration|km|phba}} {{IPA|[pʰɓaː]}} Subscript consonants with ascending strokes above the baseline also form ligatures with the {{transliteration|km|a}} vowel symbol.

: {{lang|km|ម្សៅ}} {{transliteration|km|msau}} {{IPA|[msaw]}} Another example of a subscript consonant forming a ligature, this time with the vowel {{transliteration|km|au}}.

: {{lang|km|ត្រា}} {{transliteration|km|tra}} {{IPA|[traː]}} The subscript for {{lang|km|រ}} {{transliteration|km|rô}} is written to the left of the main consonant, in this case {{lang|km|ត}} {{transliteration|km|tâ}}, which here forms a ligature with {{transliteration|km|a}}.