Thai Alphabet

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Thai

12 Terms

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Maw ma = consonant = m = horse = live ending

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Naw noo = consonant = ‘n’ = “rat”

Live ending

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Ngaw ngoo = consonant = ‘ng’ in sing = “snake”

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Yaw yak = consonant = “giant”

Initial consonant = y in yes

Final consonant = y in boy

  • blends w vowel, + ‘ee’

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Waah waeen = consonant = “ring”

W in water

Final consonant = blends with vowel, + ‘uh’

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Gaw gai = consonant = “chicken”

Hard ‘g’ or unaspirated ‘k’

Only Thai letter with no “head”

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Daw dik = consonant = “child”

D in diamond

Dead ending

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Baw bi Mai = consonant = “leaf”

Initial consonant = b in boy

Final consonant = unaspirated ‘p’ or p stop

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sara ee = vowel = long e sound

ee in “green”

Written above consonant

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Chaaw Chaang = “elephant”, low class/dead final syllable

Initial = ch

Final = t stop

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11

Saaw soo = chain

In = s in sun

Fn = t stop

Dead sound

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12

Sara a - short vowel

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