Help: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 Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.

Consonants IPA Thai script Tai Tham English approximation b บ abash d ฎ, ด ado f ฝ, ฟ , food h ห, ฮ ,, head j ย, อย, หย yak k ก , scan kʰ ข, ฃ, ค, ฅ, ฆ ,,, car l ล, ฬ, หล ,, leaf m ม, หม much n ณ, น, หน , not ŋ ง, หง bang ɲ ญ , canyon p ป , span pʰ ผ, พ, ภ , pan r ร, หร Trilled right s ฉ, ช, ฌ, ซ, ศ, ษ, ส ,,,,, sue t ฏ, ต ,, stable tʰ ฐ, ฑ, ฒ, ถ, ท, ธ ,,, table tɕ จ , question w ว, หว way x ข, ฃ, ค, ฅ, ฆ ,,, Scottish loch ʔ อ, ะ , the catch in uh-oh   Tones IPA Description aː = āː mid [aː˧] àː low [aː˨˩] or [aː˩] âː falling [aː˦˩] a᷇ː high-mid [aː˥˧] áː high [aː˦˥] or [aː˥] ǎː rising [aː˨˦] or [aː˨˩˦]

Vowels IPA Thai script Tai Tham script English approximation Short vowels a ◌ะ, ◌ั◌ , cat e เ◌ะ, เ◌็◌ ◌, roughly like say ɛ แ◌ะ, แ◌็◌ ◌, roughly like bet i ◌ิ, ◌ิ◌ , happy o โ◌ะ, ◌◌ ◌, story ɔ เ◌าะ, ◌็อ◌ off u ◌ุ, ◌ุ◌ , fool (shorter) ɯ ◌ึ, ◌ึ◌ good ɤ เ◌อะ roughly like hurt (shorter) Long vowels aː ◌า, ◌า◌ , bra eː เ◌, เ◌◌ ◌, play ɛː แ◌, แ◌◌ ◌ fairy iː ◌ี, ◌ี◌ green oː โ◌, โ◌◌ ◌,◌ story ɔː ◌อ, ◌อ◌ , dog uː ◌ู, ◌ู, fool ɯː ◌ือ, ◌ื◌ good (longer) ɤː เ◌อ, เ◌ิ◌ roughly like fur Diphthongs iaʔ, iəʔ เ◌ียะ No English equivalent ia, iə เ◌ีย, เ◌ีย◌ idea uaʔ, uəʔ ◌ัวะ No English equivalent ua, uə ◌ัว, ◌ว◌ poor (British English) ɯaʔ, ɯəʔ เ◌ือะ No English equivalent ɯa, ɯə เ◌ือ, เ◌ือ◌ No English equivalent

See also

• Category:Pages with Northern Thai IPA (86)