Help:IPA/Northern Thai

Wikipedia key to pronunciation of Northern Thai From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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 abash
d ฎ, ด ado
f ฝ, ฟ ,food
h ห, ฮ ,,head
j ย, อย, หย yak
k ,scan
ข, ฃ, ค, ฅ, ฆ ,,,car
l ล, ฬ, หล,,leaf
m ม, หมmuch
n ณ, น, หน ,not
ŋ ง, หงbang
ɲ ,canyon
p ,span
ผ, พ, ภ ,pan
r ร, หรTrilled right
s ฉ, ช, ฌ, ซ, ศ, ษ, ส ,,,,,sue
t ฏ, ต ,,stable
ฐ, ฑ, ฒ, ถ, ท, ธ ,,,table
,question
w ว, หว way
x[1] ข, ฃ, ค, ฅ, ฆ ,,,Scottish loch
ʔ อ, ะ ,the catch in uh-oh
 
Tones
IPADescription
= 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
◌า, ◌า◌ ,bra
เ◌, เ◌◌ ◌,play
ɛː แ◌, แ◌◌ fairy
◌ี, ◌ี◌ green
โ◌, โ◌◌ ◌,story
ɔː ◌อ, ◌อ◌ ,dog
◌ู, ◌ู, fool
ɯː ◌ือ, ◌ื◌ good (longer)
ɤː เ◌อ, เ◌ิ◌ roughly like fur
Diphthongs
iaʔ, iəʔ เ◌ียะ No English equivalent
ia, เ◌ีย, เ◌ีย◌ idea
uaʔ, uəʔ ◌ัวะ No English equivalent
ua, ◌ั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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