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The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Northern Thai language pronunciations. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see Template:IPA and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.

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Consonants
IPAThai scriptTai ThamEnglish approximation
b บ abash
d ฎ, ด ado
f ฝ, ฟ ,food
h ห, ฮ ,,head
j ย, อย, หย yak
k ก ,scan
kʰ ข, ฃ, ค, ฅ, ฆ ,,,car
l ล, ฬ, หล,,leaf
m ม, หมmuch
n ณ, น, หน ,not
ŋ ง, หงbang
ɲ ญ ,canyon
p ป ,span
pʰ ผ, พ, ภ ,pan
r ร, หรTrilled right
s ฉ, ช, ฌ, ซ, ศ, ษ, ส ,,,,,sue
t ฏ, ต ,,stable
tʰ ฐ, ฑ, ฒ, ถ, ท, ธ ,,,table
tɕ จ ,question
w ว, หว way
x[1] ข, ฃ, ค, ฅ, ฆ ,,,Scottish loch
ʔ อ, ะ ,the catch in uh-oh
 
Tones
IPADescription
aː = āː mid [aː˧]
àː low [aː˨˩] or [aː˩]
âː falling [aː˦˩]
a᷇ː high-mid [aː˥˧]
áː high [aː˦˥] or [aː˥]
ǎː rising [aː˨˦] or [aː˨˩˦]
Vowels
IPAThai script[2]Tai Tham scriptEnglish approximation
Short vowels
a ◌ะ, ◌ั◌ , cat
e เ◌ะ, เ◌็◌ ◌, roughly like say
ɛ แ◌ะ, แ◌็◌ ◌, roughly like bet
i ◌ิ, ◌ิ◌ , happy
o โ◌ะ, ◌◌ ◌,story
ɔ เ◌าะ, ◌็อ◌ off
u ◌ุ, ◌ุ◌ ,fool (shorter)
ɯ ◌ึ, ◌ึ◌ good
ɤ เ◌อะ roughly like hurt (shorter)
Long vowels
aː ◌า, ◌า◌ ,bra
eː เ◌, เ◌◌ ◌,play
ɛː แ◌, แ◌◌ ◌fairy
iː ◌ี, ◌ี◌ green
oː โ◌, โ◌◌ ◌,◌story
ɔː ◌อ, ◌อ◌ ,dog
uː ◌ู, ◌ู, fool
ɯː ◌ือ, ◌ื◌ good (longer)
ɤː เ◌อ, เ◌ิ◌ roughly like fur
Diphthongs
iaʔ, iəʔ เ◌ียะ No English equivalent
ia, iə เ◌ีย, เ◌ีย◌ idea
uaʔ, uəʔ ◌ัวะ No English equivalent
ua, uə ◌ัว, ◌ว◌ poor (British English)
ɯaʔ, ɯəʔ เ◌ือะ No English equivalent
ɯa, ɯə เ◌ือ, เ◌ือ◌ No English equivalent
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