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This image is a derivative work of the following images: File:Thai_vowel_chart_(monophthongs).png licensed with PD-self . 2008-01-18T22:35:49Z Aeusoes1 882x676 (22026 Bytes) {{Information |Description=IPA vowel chart for [[w:Thai language|Thai]] monophthongs |Source=self-made, based on chart taken from page 242 of Tingsabadh & Abramson, "Thai" in ''Journal of the International Phonetic Associatio
This is the pronunciation key for IPA transcriptions of Thai on Wikipedia. It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Thai in Wikipedia articles, and example words that illustrate the sounds that correspond to them.
2009-02-19T18:25:44Z Moxfyre 980x720 (18659 Bytes) Added example vowel markers and labels, margins with room for labels, and explanatory text, split into separate SVG layers. My goal is to make this more useful as a ''template'' for vowel charts.
Thai vowel sounds and diphthongs are written using a mixture of vowel symbols on a consonant base. Each vowel is shown in its correct position relative to a base consonant and sometimes a final consonant as well. Vowels can go above, below, left of or right of the consonant, or combinations of these places.
The basic vowels of the Thai language, from front to back and close to open, are given in the following table. The top entry in every cell is the symbol from the International Phonetic Alphabet , the second entry gives the spelling in the Thai alphabet , where a dash (–) indicates the position of the initial consonant after which the vowel is ...
The effect of these rules is that, except for nikkhahit, all the non-vowel marks attached to a consonant in Thai are attached to the consonant in the Roman transliteration. The standard concedes that attempting to transpose preposed vowels and consonants may be comforting to those used to the Roman alphabet , but recommends that preposed vowels ...
The vowels of Southern Thai are similar to those of Central Thai and, from front to back and close to open, are given in the following table. The top entry in every cell is the symbol from the International Phonetic Alphabet , the second entry gives the spelling in the Thai alphabet , where a dash (–) indicates the position of the initial ...
When it comes to vowels, there are 21 phonemes in Thai compared with 15 vowels in English; therefore, it is relatively easy for Thai people to imitate the English vowels. However, the two systems have a significant discrepancy: Thai vowels are distinguished by shortness and length, while for English, it is laxness and tenseness.