44 Thai Consonants Flashcards
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ก
ก ไก่
[k] [k̚] mid
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ข
ข ไข่
[kʰ] [k̚] high
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ฃ
ฃ ขวด–ฃ kho khuat is obsolete and replaced by ข kho khai, which has identical phonetic values.
[kʰ] [k̚] high
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ค
ค ควาย
[kʰ] [k̚] low
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ฅ
ฅ คน–ฅ kho khon is obsolete and replaced by ค kho khwai, which has identical phonetic values.
[kʰ] [k̚] low
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ฆ
ฆ ระฆัง
[kʰ] [k̚] low
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ง
ง งู
[ŋ] [ŋ] low
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จ
จ จาน
[tɕ] [t̚] mid
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ฉ
ฉ ฉิ่ง
[tɕʰ] – high
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ช
ช ช้าง
[t͡ɕʰ], [ʃ] [t̚] low
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ซ
ซ โซ่
[s] [t̚] low
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ฌ
ฌ เฌอ
[t͡ɕʰ] – low
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ญ
ญ หญิง–The lower curves of the letter ญ are removed when certain letters are written below them, such as ญ + the mark phinthu (lower dot) = ญฺ, etc.
[j] [n] low
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ฎ
ฎ ชฎา
[d] [t̚] mid
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ฏ
ฏ ปฏัก
[t] [t̚] mid
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ฐ
ฐ ฐาน–The lower curves of the letter ฐ are removed when certain letters are written below them, such as ฐ + the vowel mark ุ = ฐุ, etc.
[tʰ] [t̚] high
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ฑ
ฑ มณโฑ
[tʰ] or [d] [t̚] low
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ฒ
ฒ ผู้เฒ่า
[tʰ] [t̚] low
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ณ
ณ เณร
[n] [n] low
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ด
ด เด็ก
[d] [t̚] mid
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ต
ต เต่า
[t] [t̚] mid
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ถ
ถ ถุง
[tʰ] [t̚] high
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ท
ท ทหาร
[tʰ] [t̚] low
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ธ
ธ ธง
[tʰ] [t̚] low
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น
น หนู
[n] [n] low
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บ
บ ใบไม้
[b] [p̚] mid
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ป
ป ปลา
[p] [p̚] mid
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ผ
ผ ผึ้ง
[pʰ] – high
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ฝ
ฝ ฝา
[f] – high
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พ
พ พาน
[pʰ] [p̚] low
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ฟ
ฟ ฟัน
[f] [p̚] low
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ภ
ภ สำเภา
[pʰ] [p̚] low
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ม
ม ม้า
[m] [m] low
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ย
ย ยักษ์
[j] –or [n] low
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ร
ร เรือ
[r] [n] low
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ล
ล ลิง
[l] [n] low
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ว
ว แหวน
[w] – low
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ศ
ศ ศาลา
[s] [t̚] high
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ษ
ษ ฤๅษี
[s] [t̚] high
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ส
ส เสือ
[s] [t̚] high
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ห
ห หีบ
[h] – high
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ฬ
ฬ จุฬา
[l] [n] low
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อ
อ อ่าง
[ʔ] – mid
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ฮ
ฮ นกฮูก
[h] – low
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