Problem:IOL/2017/i4/en

IOL 2017 Problem #4 Khom Script / Laven

Here are some word combinations in Laven written in the Khom script and in phonetic transcription and their English translations:

1.		praj trie	to wake up the wife
2.		caːk caj	from the heart/mind/soul
3.	?	taw bɛː	to see the raft
4.		krɨət blaw	to scratch the thigh
5.		plaj prɨət	banana
6.	?	?	three bananas
7.		?	six rhinoceros
8.		?	four hands of bananas
9.		?	?
10.	?	cie pʌh laː	seven sheets of paper
11.		?	aubergine/eggplant leaf
12.		?	two aubergines/eggplants
13.		plaj hnat pʌh plaj	seven pineapples
14.		kruat pɛː toː	three bees
15.		laː prɨət traw laː	?
16.	?	kəːr bəːr toː	two doves
17.		blaːk puan kaː	four carp
18.		piet traw plaː	six knives
19.		bəːr kaː	?
20.		?	four blades

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⚠ Laven (Jru’) belongs to the Austroasiatic family. It is spoken by approx. 28 000 people in Laos. The Khom script was used for this language from 1924 to 1936.

—Tae Hun Lee