Help:IPA/Northern Thai

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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 {{section link|Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation#Entering IPA characters}}.

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!colspan=4| Consonants

IPAThai scriptTai ThamEnglish approximation
{{IPAlink|b}}

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20pxstyle="text-align:left;" | abash
{{IPAlink|d}}

| ฎ, ด

20pxstyle="text-align:left;" | ado
{{IPAlink|f}}

| ฝ, ฟ

20px,20pxstyle="text-align:left;" | food
{{IPAlink|h}}

| ห, ฮ

20px,20px,20pxstyle="text-align:left;" | head
{{IPAlink|j}}

| ย, อย, หย

20pxstyle="text-align:left;" | yak
{{IPAlink|k}}

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20px,20pxstyle="text-align:left;" | scan
{{IPAlink|kʰ}}

| ข, ฃ, ค, ฅ, ฆ

20px,20px,20px,20pxstyle="text-align:left;" | car
{{IPAlink|l}}

| ล, ฬ, หล

20px,20px,20pxstyle="text-align:left;" | leaf
{{IPAlink|m}}

| ม, หม

20pxstyle="text-align:left;" | much
{{IPAlink|n}}

| ณ, น, หน

20px,20pxstyle="text-align:left;" | not
{{IPAlink|ŋ}}

| ง, หง

20pxstyle="text-align:left;" | bang
{{IPAlink|ɲ}}

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20px,20pxstyle="text-align:left;" | canyon
{{IPAlink|p}}

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20px,20pxstyle="text-align:left;" | span
{{IPAlink|pʰ}}

| ผ, พ, ภ

20px,20pxstyle="text-align:left;" | pan
{{IPAlink|r}}

| ร, หร

20pxstyle="text-align:left;" | Trilled right
{{IPAlink|s}}

| ฉ, ช, ฌ, ซ, ศ, ษ, ส

20px,20px,20px,20px,20px,20pxstyle="text-align:left;" | sue
{{IPAlink|t}}

| ฏ, ต

20px,20px,20pxstyle="text-align:left;" | stable
{{IPAlink|tʰ}}

| ฐ, ฑ, ฒ, ถ, ท, ธ

20px,20px,20px,20pxstyle="text-align:left;" | table
{{IPAlink|tɕ}}

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20px,20pxstyle="text-align:left;" | question
{{IPAlink|w}}

| ว, หว

20pxstyle="text-align:left;" | way
{{IPAlink|x}}Allophone in some dialects.

| ข, ฃ, ค, ฅ, ฆ

20px,20px,20px,20pxstyle="text-align:left;" | Scottish loch
{{IPAlink|ʔ}}

| อ, ะ

20px,10pxstyle="text-align:left;" | the catch in uh-oh
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colspan="4"| Tones
IPAcolspan="3" | Description
{{IPA|aː}} = {{IPA|āː}}

| colspan=3 style="text-align:left;" | mid {{IPA|[aː˧]}}

{{IPA|àː}}

| colspan=3 style="text-align:left;" | low {{IPA|[aː˨˩]}} or {{IPA|[aː˩]}}

{{IPA|âː}}

| colspan=3 style="text-align:left;" | falling {{IPA|[aː˦˩]}}

{{IPA|a᷇ː}}

| colspan=3 style="text-align:left;" | high-mid {{IPA|[aː˥˧]}}

{{IPA|áː}}

| colspan=3 style="text-align:left;" | high {{IPA|[aː˦˥]}} or {{IPA|[aː˥]}}

{{IPA|ǎː}}

| colspan=3 style="text-align:left;" | rising {{IPA|[aː˨˦]}} or {{IPA|[aː˨˩˦]}}

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!colspan=4| Vowels

IPAThai scriptVowels diacritics are shown on a dotted circle "◌".Tai Tham scriptEnglish approximation
colspan=4| Short vowels
{{IPAlink|ä|a}}

| ◌ะ, ◌ั◌

10px, 20px style="text-align:left;" | cat
{{IPAlink|e}}

| เ◌ะ, เ◌็◌

10px10px, 10px20px style="text-align:left;" | roughly like say
{{IPAlink|ɛ}}

| แ◌ะ, แ◌็◌

20px10px, 20px20px style="text-align:left;" | roughly like bet
{{IPAlink|i}}

| ◌ิ, ◌ิ◌

20px, 20pxstyle="text-align:left;" | happy
{{IPAlink|o}}

| โ◌ะ, ◌◌

20px10px,10pxstyle="text-align:left;" | story
{{IPAlink|ɔ}}

| เ◌าะ, ◌็อ◌

20px20px10pxstyle="text-align:left;" | off
{{IPAlink|u}}

| ◌ุ, ◌ุ◌

20px,20pxstyle="text-align:left;" | fool (shorter)
{{IPAlink|ɯ}}

| ◌ึ, ◌ึ◌

20pxstyle="text-align:left;" | good
{{IPAlink|ɤ}}

| เ◌อะ

10px20px10px style="text-align:left;" | roughly like hurt (shorter)
colspan="4"| Long vowels
{{IPA|aː}}

| ◌า, ◌า◌

10px,20pxstyle="text-align:left;" | bra
{{IPA|eː}}

| เ◌, เ◌◌

10px◌,20pxstyle="text-align:left;" | play
{{IPA|ɛː}}

| แ◌, แ◌◌

20pxstyle="text-align:left;" | fairy
{{IPA|iː}}

| ◌ี, ◌ี◌

20pxstyle="text-align:left;" | green
{{IPA|oː}}

| โ◌, โ◌◌

20px◌,20px10pxstyle="text-align:left;" | story
{{IPA|ɔː}}

| ◌อ, ◌อ◌

10px,20pxstyle="text-align:left;" | dog
{{IPA|uː}}

| ◌ู, ◌ู,

20pxstyle="text-align:left;" | fool
{{IPA|ɯː}}

| ◌ือ, ◌ื◌

20pxstyle="text-align:left;" | good (longer)
{{IPA|ɤː}}

| เ◌อ, เ◌ิ◌

10px20pxstyle="text-align:left;" | roughly like fur
colspan="4"| Diphthongs
{{IPA|iaʔ, iəʔ}}

| เ◌ียะ

10px20px20px style="text-align:left;" | No English equivalent
{{IPA|ia, iə}}

| เ◌ีย, เ◌ีย◌

10px20px20pxstyle="text-align:left;" | idea
{{IPA|uaʔ, uəʔ}}

| ◌ัวะ

20px10pxstyle="text-align:left;" | No English equivalent
{{IPA|ua, uə}}

| ◌ัว, ◌ว◌

20pxstyle="text-align:left;" | poor (British English)
{{IPA|ɯaʔ, ɯəʔ}}

| เ◌ือะ

10px20px10pxstyle="text-align:left;" | No English equivalent
{{IPA|ɯa, ɯə}}

| เ◌ือ, เ◌ือ◌

10px20pxstyle="text-align:left;" | No English equivalent

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Notes

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See also

  • {{clc|Pages with Northern Thai IPA|pages}}

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