ipa/Northern Thai

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 Wiki: Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.

Consonants
IPA Thai alphabet Tai Tham English approximation
b ipa/Northern Thai abash
d ฎ, ด ipa/Northern Thai ado
f ฝ, ฟ ipa/Northern Thai,ipa/Northern Thai food
h ห, ฮ ipa/Northern Thai,ipa/Northern Thai,ipa/Northern Thai head
j ย, อย, หย ipa/Northern Thai yak
k ipa/Northern Thai,ipa/Northern Thai scan
ข, ฃ, ค, ฅ, ฆ ipa/Northern Thai,ipa/Northern Thai,ipa/Northern Thai,ipa/Northern Thai car
l ล, ฬ, หล ipa/Northern Thai,ipa/Northern Thai,ipa/Northern Thai leaf
m ม, หม ipa/Northern Thai much
n ณ, น, หน ipa/Northern Thai,ipa/Northern Thai not
ŋ ง, หง ipa/Northern Thai bang
ɲ ipa/Northern Thai,ipa/Northern Thai canyon
p ipa/Northern Thai,ipa/Northern Thai span
ผ, พ, ภ ipa/Northern Thai,ipa/Northern Thai pan
r ร, หร ipa/Northern Thai Trilled right
s ฉ, ช, ฌ, ซ, ศ, ษ, ส ipa/Northern Thai,ipa/Northern Thai,ipa/Northern Thai,ipa/Northern Thai,ipa/Northern Thai,ipa/Northern Thai sue
t ฏ, ต ipa/Northern Thai,ipa/Northern Thai,ipa/Northern Thai stable
ฐ, ฑ, ฒ, ถ, ท, ธ ipa/Northern Thai,ipa/Northern Thai,ipa/Northern Thai,ipa/Northern Thai table
ipa/Northern Thai,ipa/Northern Thai question
w ว, หว ipa/Northern Thai way
x ข, ฃ, ค, ฅ, ฆ ipa/Northern Thai,ipa/Northern Thai,ipa/Northern Thai,ipa/Northern Thai Scottish loch
ʔ อ, ะ ipa/Northern Thai,ipa/Northern Thai the catch in uh-oh
 
Tones
IPA Description
= āː mid [aː˧]
àː low falling [aː˨˩] or [aː˩]
âː high falling [aː˥˩]
a᷇ː high-mid falling [aː˥˧]
áː high rising [aː˦˥] or[aː˥]
ǎː low rising [aː˨˥]
Vowels
IPA Thai Alphabet Tai Tham script English approximation
Short vowels
a ◌ะ, ◌ั◌ ipa/Northern Thai, ipa/Northern Thai cut
e เ◌ะ, เ◌็◌ ipa/Northern Thaiipa/Northern Thai, ipa/Northern Thaiipa/Northern Thai roughly like say
ɛ แ◌ะ, แ◌็◌ ipa/Northern Thaiipa/Northern Thai, ipa/Northern Thaiipa/Northern Thai roughly like bat
i ◌ิ, ◌ิ◌ ipa/Northern Thai, ipa/Northern Thai happy
o โ◌ะ, ◌◌ ipa/Northern Thaiipa/Northern Thai,ipa/Northern Thai go without u sound (shorter)
ɔ เ◌าะ, ◌็อ◌ ipa/Northern Thaiipa/Northern Thaiipa/Northern Thai off
u ◌ุ, ◌ุ◌ ipa/Northern Thai,ipa/Northern Thai loot (shorter)
ɯ ◌ึ, ◌ึ◌ ipa/Northern Thai good
ɤ เ◌อะ ipa/Northern Thaiipa/Northern Thaiipa/Northern Thai roughly like hurt (shorter)
Long vowels
◌า, ◌า◌ ipa/Northern Thai,ipa/Northern Thai bra
เ◌, เ◌◌ ipa/Northern Thai◌,ipa/Northern Thai play
ɛː แ◌, แ◌◌ ipa/Northern Thai roughly like man
◌ี, ◌ี◌ ipa/Northern Thai green
โ◌, โ◌◌ ipa/Northern Thai◌,ipa/Northern Thaiipa/Northern Thai go without u sound
ɔː ◌อ, ◌อ◌ ipa/Northern Thai,ipa/Northern Thai dog
◌ู, ◌ู, ipa/Northern Thai moon
ɯː ◌ือ, ◌ื◌ ipa/Northern Thai good (longer)
ɤː เ◌อ, เ◌ิ◌ ipa/Northern Thaiipa/Northern Thai roughly like fur
Diphthongs
iaʔ, iəʔ เ◌ียะ ipa/Northern Thaiipa/Northern Thaiipa/Northern Thai No English equivalent
ia, เ◌ีย, เ◌ีย◌ ipa/Northern Thaiipa/Northern Thaiipa/Northern Thai idea
uaʔ, uəʔ ◌ัวะ ipa/Northern Thaiipa/Northern Thai No English equivalent
ua, ◌ัว, ◌ว◌ ipa/Northern Thai poor (British English)
ɯaʔ, ɯəʔ เ◌ือะ ipa/Northern Thaiipa/Northern Thaiipa/Northern Thai No English equivalent
ɯa, ɯə เ◌ือ, เ◌ือ◌ ipa/Northern Thaiipa/Northern Thai No English equivalent

Notes

See also

Tags:

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