Thai High-Class Consonants
Thai High-Class Consonants are made up of 11 individual letters. The Thai Alphabet has 44 letters in total and these are broken into 3 different classes of consonants with different tonal rules. The tones are
- high class,
- mid-class
- and low class.
Today I would like to teach you how to write all the High-Class Consonants. This sounds rather complicated to start with however, with a bit of practise it will come quite naturally.
Hints – With Thai letters always start with the circle part of the Thai Script. We have illustrated this below. Have a try:
| 1. ข /kɔ̌ɔ kài/ |
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| 2. ฃ /kɔ̌ɔ kùat/ |
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| 3. ฉ /chɔ̌ɔ chìng/ |
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| 4. ฐ /tɔ̌ɔ tǎan/ |
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| 5. ถ /tɔ̌ɔ tǔng/ |
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| 6. ผ /pɔ̌ɔ pʉ̂ng/ |
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| 7. ฝ /fɔ̌ɔ fǎa/ |
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| 8. ศ /sɔ̌ɔ sǎa-laa/ |
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| 9. ษ /sɔ̌ɔ rʉʉ-sǐi/ |
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| 10. ส /sɔ̌ɔ sʉ̌a/ |
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| 11. ห /hɔ̌ɔ hip/ |
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Once you can write these well then please follow this link to practice the sounds of the Thai Consonants http://youtu.be/dG2_8DmXJtM.
For more information about the sounds of the Thai Alphabet please follow this link. Thai Alphabet Sounds
I hope this is helpful to you 🙂
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By Prae
Thai Language Teacher
