ม
Maw ma = consonant = m = horse = live ending
น
Naw noo = consonant = ‘n’ = “rat”
Live ending
ง
Ngaw ngoo = consonant = ‘ng’ in sing = “snake”
ย
Yaw yak = consonant = “giant”
Initial consonant = y in yes
Final consonant = y in boy
blends w vowel, + ‘ee’
ว
Waah waeen = consonant = “ring”
W in water
Final consonant = blends with vowel, + ‘uh’
ก
Gaw gai = consonant = “chicken”
Hard ‘g’ or unaspirated ‘k’
Only Thai letter with no “head”
ด
Daw dik = consonant = “child”
D in diamond
Dead ending
บ
Baw bi Mai = consonant = “leaf”
Initial consonant = b in boy
Final consonant = unaspirated ‘p’ or p stop
ี
sara ee = vowel = long e sound
ee in “green”
Written above consonant
ช
Chaaw Chaang = “elephant”, low class/dead final syllable
Initial = ch
Final = t stop
ซ
Saaw soo = chain
In = s in sun
Fn = t stop
Dead sound
ะ
Sara a - short vowel