PHAYANCHANA | Thai Consonants

     Hello everyone! Today we're going to learn Pháyancháná Thai (Thai Consosants)! There are 44 consonant letters representing 21 distinct consonant sounds. Don't think Thai alphabet is hard. I guarantee it's so easy!

The first consonant is ก ไก่ (ko kài)

"Ko" is the sound of this letter. "Kài" is a word that begins with this letter. (Like "a ant", "b bird")

Green is middle class consonants.
Blue is high class consonants.
Red is low class consonants. 

ก ไก่ [k/k]
/ko kài/
Kai is a chicken.

ข ไข่ [kh/k]
/kho khài/
Khai is an egg.

ฃ ขวด [kh/k] 
/kho khuat/ 
Khuat is a bottle. (obsoleted)

ค ควาย [kh/k]
/kho khwai/ 
Khwai is a buffalo.

ฅ คน [kh/k]
/kho khon/
Khon is a person. (obsoleted)

ฆ ระฆัง [kh/k] 
/kho rakhang/ 
Rakhang is a bell.

ง งู [ng/ng]
/ngo ngu/
Ngu is a snake.

จ จาน [ch/t]
/cho chan/
Chan is a plate.

ฉ ฉิ่ง [ch/-]
/cho ching/
Ching is a cymbals.

ช ช้าง [ch/t]
/cho chang/
Chang is an elephant.

ซ โซ่ [s/t]
/so so/
So is a chain.

ฌ เฌอ [ch/t]
/cho choe/ 
Choe is a tree.

ญ หญิง [y/n] 
/yo ying/
Ying is a woman.

ฎ ชฎา [d/t]
/do chada/
Chada is a headdress.

ฏ ปฏัก [t/t] 
/to patak/
Patak is a javelin.

ฐ ฐาน [th/t] 
/tho than/
Than is a pedestal.

ฑ มณโฑ [th or d/t]
/tho montho/
Montho is a character from Ramayana.

ฒ ผู้เฒ่า [th/t]
/tho phuthao/ 
Phuthao is an elder.

ณ เณร [n/n]
/no nen/ 
Nen is a samanera.

ด เด็ก [d/t]
/do dek/ 
Dek is a child.

ต เต่า [t/t]
/to tao/ 
Tao is a turtle.

ถ ถุง [th/t] 
/tho thung/ 
Thung is a sack.

ท ทหาร [th/t] 
/tho tháhǎn/ 
Thahan is a soldier.

ธ ธง [th/t] 
/tho thong/ 
Thong is a flag.

น หนู [n/n] 
/no nǔ/ 
Nu is a mouse.

บ ใบไม้ [b/p] 
/bo baimai/ 
Baimai is a leaf.

ป ปลา [p/p] 
/po pla/ 
Pla is a fish.

ผ ผึ้ง [ph/-] 
/pho phung/ 
Phueng is a bee.

ฝ ฝา [f/-] 
/fo fa/ 
Fa is a lid.

พ พาน [ph/p] 
/pho phan/ 
Phan is a phan.

ฟ ฟัน [f/p] 
/fo fan/ 
Fan is a tooth.

ภ สำเภา [ph/p] 
/pho sǎmphao/ 
Sǎmphao is a sailboat.

ม ม้า [m/m] 
/mo ma/ 
Ma is a horse.

ย ยักษ์ [y/-] 
/yo yák/ 
Yák is a giant.

ร เรือ [r/n] 
/ro ruea/ 
Ruea is a boat.

ล ลิง [l/n] 
/lo ling/ 
Ling is a monkey.

ว แหวน [w/w] 
/wo wǎen/ 
Wǎen is a ring.

ศ ศาลา [s/t] 
/so sara/ 
Sara is a pavilion.

ษ ฤๅษี [s/t] 
/so ruesi/ 
Ruesi is a hermit.

ส เสือ [s/t] 
/so suea/ 
Suea is a tiger.

ห หีบ [h/-] 
/ho hip/ 
Hip is a box.

ฬ จุฬา [l/-] 
/lo chula/ 
Chula is a kite.

อ อ่าง [-/-] 
/o àng/ 
Àng is a basin.

ฮ นกฮูก [h/-] 
/ho nokhuk/
Nokhuk is a owl.

Congratulations! That's all. You've just learned all of the Thai consonants. Keep practice and you can remember it all.

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