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The Special ห Character Posted by palmisano on Apr 11, 2013
When I teach the Thai alphabet to my students, the letter ห is one of the last I teach them. It’s a bit more complicated than the average consonant, like the อ character. In Thai ห can be used in two different ways – as a consonant, or as a silent tone modifier…
The Special Aw-Ang Letter Posted by palmisano on Apr 10, 2012
The most common Thai letter, อ (pronounced aw-ang), is a special character. Remember when you were a kid and you learned that the english vowels are ‘a e i o u . . . and sometimes y’? Well, อ is somewhat like that for Thai. Sometimes it’s a vowel, but sometimes it isn’t. It can…
The Thai Phonemes, Part 2 Posted by palmisano on Apr 4, 2012
A phoneme is the smallest segmental unit of sound used to form a meaningful contrast between utterances, from which words in that language or dialect can be created. Fortunately, most phonemes (sounds) that are used in Thai can be also found in English, but there are a few tricky ones of which I’ll describe.
The Thai Phonemes, Part 1 Posted by palmisano on Apr 3, 2012
A phoneme is the smallest segmental unit of sound used to form a meaningful contrast between utterances, from which words in that language or dialect can be created. Fortunately, most phonemes (sounds) that are used in Thai can be also found in English, but there are a few tricky ones of which I’ll describe.