Help:IPA/Southern Thai
The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Southern Thai language pronunciations (Nakhon Si Thammarat dialect, a standard language). For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see {{tlx|IPA|sou}} and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.
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{|class=wikitable style="margin: 1em; text-align: center;" !colspan=3| Consonants | ||
IPA | Thai alphabet | English approximation |
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{{IPAlink|b}}
| บ | style="text-align:left;" | bush | |
{{IPAlink|d}}
| ฎ,ด | style="text-align:left;" | design | |
{{IPAlink|f}}
| ฝ,ฟ | style="text-align:left;" | flush | |
{{IPAlink|h}}
| ง,หง,ห,ฮ | style="text-align:left;" | home | |
{{IPAlink|j}}
| ญ,ย,อย,หย | style="text-align:left;" | yacht | |
{{IPAlink|k}}
| ก | style="text-align:left;" | skip | |
{{IPAlink|kʰ}}
| ข,ฃ,ค,ฅ,ฆ | style="text-align:left;" | class | |
{{IPAlink|l}}
| ล,ฬ,หล | style="text-align:left;" | loan | |
{{IPAlink|m}}
| ม,หม | style="text-align:left;" | matter | |
{{IPAlink|n}}
| ณ,น,หน | style="text-align:left;" | nugget | |
{{IPAlink|p}}
| ป | style="text-align:left;" | spend | |
{{IPAlink|pʰ}}
| ผ,พ,ภ | style="text-align:left;" | pet | |
{{IPAlink|r}}
| ร,หร | style="text-align:left;" | tierra in Italian | |
{{IPAlink|s}}
| ซ,ศ,ษ,ส | style="text-align:left;" | soft | |
{{IPAlink|t}}
| ฏ,ต | style="text-align:left;" | stop |
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