Learning Thai the Easy Way > Reading Thai > Initial Sounds


If you have already studied the Thai alphabet, you may have noticed that many of the sounds are quite similar. In fact, out of 44 consonants there are only 21 initial sounds.

Sound
Letters
¡Í
Gor
¡
¤Í
Kor
¢ £ ¤ ¥ ¦
§Í
Ngor
§
¨Í
Jor
¨
ªÍ
Chor
© ª ¬
«Í
Sor
« È É Ê
´Í
Dor
´ ®
µÍ
Dtor
µ ¯
·Í
Tor
° ¶ ± ² · ¸
¹Í
Nor
³ ¹
ºÍ
Bor
º
»Í
Bpor
»
¾Í
Por
¼ ¾ À
¿Í
For
½ ¿
ÁÍ
Mor
Á
ÂÍ
Yor
­ Â
ÃÍ
Ror
Ã
Å
Lor
Å Ì
ÇÍ
Wor
Ç
ÍÍ
Or
Í
ÎÍ
Hor
Ë Î

 

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