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Vowels in Thai phrasebook
Vowels in Thai phrasebook
Thai has a complicated set of vowels and diphthongs that distinguishes between vowel length (short and long) and vowel position (front and back). In Thai script, vowel signs are always written around consonants and the letter ก (k) is used here to demonstrate. This list follows the Royal Thai General System of Transcription (except that some long vowels are doubled).
ka กะ�
like 'a' in "car" (short vowel)
kaa กา�
like 'a' in "father" (longer than "a")
kae แก�
like 'a' in "man" (short vowel: "แกะ")
ke เก�
like 'e' in "bed" (short vowel: "เกะ")
ki กิ�
like 'y' in "greedy"
kii กี�
like 'ee' in "see" (longer than "i")
ko กอ�
like 'o' in "torn" (short vowel: "เกาะ")
ko โก�
like 'oa' in "moan" (short vowel: "โกะ")
koe เกอ�
like 'i' in "sir" (short vowel: "เกอะ")
ku กุ�
like 'oo' in "hoop"
kuu กู�
like 'ue' in "blue" (longer than "u")
kue กือ�
frontal version of "u" (akin to German "ü", French "du", not found in English) (short vowel: "กึ")
kam กำ�
like 'um' in "dummy"
kai ใก/ไก�
like 'i' in "kind"
kia เกีย�
like 'eer' in "beer" (but don't pronounce "r")
kua กัว�
similar to 'ou' in "tour" (but don't pronounce "r")
kuea เกือ�
like "ue" followed by a short "a"
kao เกา�
like 'ow' in "cow"
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