This is the pronunciation key for IPA transcriptions of Northern Thai on Wikipedia.

It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Northern Thai in Wikipedia articles, and example words that illustrate the sounds that correspond to them. Integrity must be maintained between the key and the transcriptions that link here; do not change any symbol or value without establishing consensus on the talk page first.

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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 ((IPA-nod)) and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.

Consonants
IPA	Thai alphabet	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
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		roughly like water (American English)
s	ฉ,ช,ฌ,ซ,ศ,ษ,ส	, , , , ,	sue
t	ฏ,ต	, ,	stable
tʰ	ฐ,ฑ,ฒ,ถ,ท,ธ	, , ,	table
t͡ɕ	จ	,	question
w	ว,หว		way
x	ข,ฃ,ค,ฅ,ฆ	, , ,	can
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 falling [aː˥˧]
áː	high [aː˦˥]
ǎː	rising [aː˨˦]

Vowels
IPA	Thai Alphabet^[1]	Tai Tham script	English approximation
Short vowels
a	◌ะ, ◌ั◌	,	cut
e	เ◌ะ, เ◌็◌	◌ ,	roughly like say
ɛ	แ◌ะ, แ◌็◌	◌ ,	roughly like bat
i	◌ิ, ◌ิ◌	,	happy
o	โ◌ะ, ◌◌	◌ ,	go without u sound (shorter)
ɔ	เ◌าะ, ◌็อ◌		off
u	◌ุ, ◌ุ◌	,	loot (shorter)
ɯ	◌ึ, ◌ึ◌		good
ɤ	เ◌อะ		roughly like hurt (shorter)
Long vowels
aː	◌า, ◌า◌	,	bra
eː	เ◌, เ◌◌	◌,	play
ɛː	แ◌, แ◌◌	◌	roughly like man
iː	◌ี, ◌ี◌		green
oː	โ◌, โ◌◌	◌, ◌	go without u sound
ɔː	◌อ, ◌อ◌	,	dog
uː	◌ู, ◌ู,		moon
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

Notes[edit]

^ Vowels diacritics are shown on a dotted circle "◌".

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