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There are twenty-eight vowel sounds in Thai, which can be divided into simple vowels and complex vowels or diphthongs. This is because Thai allows only eight consonant sounds at the end of words. Note that many consonant letters are pronounced one way in the initial position and another in the final position. Thai words can end in one of the consonants listed below. Note that อ aw can be used as both a consonant and a vowel. Thai consonants are divided into two main types: initial consonants and final consonants the latter are fewer in number. Most consonants carry a mid tone, but eleven of them have a rising tone (indicated with the symbol ˇ next to the syllable that contains the given consonant). For example, ค and ฆ, are pronounced the same: kh. Note that the Thai script is not perfectly phonetic: two or more letters can be pronounced the same way.
#Thai english transliteration how to
You will learn more about how to write Thai letters in the next section here, we’re concentrating on the sounds associated with the Thai letters. The tables below list the consonant letters in the Thai script and the pronunciation symbol for each. There are forty-four consonant letters in the Thai alphabet, but two of these- ฃ, ฅ -are not currently used.
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In this case, a dash (-) is used in the Roman transliteration to show that the two syllables make one word. For example, the word อะไร ( a`-rai, what ) has two syllables: a` and rai. Some Thai words have more than one syllable. Because the mid tone is not marked, Thai script needs only the four tone marks above to indicate tones. The best way to learn to distinguish tones is by listening as much as possible to the recordings that come with this course, and to other native speakers. They give each Thai word a special intonation. Tones are difficult for an English speaker to master. If no special tone symbol is added, the word is pronounced with a mid tone. These symbols will appear at the end of each word. To make it easier for you, symbols (shown in the table below) are added to Thai words written in Roman transliteration to indicate the tone of each word. The Thai language has five tones: a mid, low, falling, high, and rising tone. Toneīefore learning about Thai consonant and vowel sounds, let’s learn a bit about Thai tones. To help you out, the Roman transliteration of the Thai text is provided as well, suggesting how each word is pronounced. However, Thai uses a special Thai alphabet, which you will learn how to use in this course. Thai is an alphabetic language like English, meaning that each sound of the language is represented by a special letter and a word is written down by putting together consonant and vowel letters.