ਮਦਦ:ਥਾਈ ਅਤੇ ਲਾਓ ਲਈ IPA

The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Thai and Lao pronunciations in Wikipedia articles.

Consonants IPA Thai Lao English approximation b บ ບ abash d ฎ,ด ດ ado f ฝ,ฟ ຝ,ຟ food h ห,ฮ ຫ,ຮ head j ญ,ย,อย,หย ຢ yak k ก ກ scan kʰ (/x/) ข,ฃ,ค,ฅ,ฆ ຂ,ຄ can l ล,ฬ,หล ລ,ຫຼ leaf m ม,หม ມ,ໝ much n ณ,น,หน ນ,ໜ not ŋ ง,หง ງ,ຫງ bang ɲ — ຍ,ຫຍ canyon p ป ປ span pʰ ผ,พ,ภ ຜ,ພ pan r ร,หร ຣ,ຫຼ ,ຫຣ roughly like water (American English) s ซ,ศ,ษ,ส ສ,ຊ sue t ฏ,ต ຕ stable tʰ ฐ,ฑ,ฒ,ถ,ท,ธ ຖ,ທ table tɕ จ ຈ question tɕʰ ฉ, ช, ฌ — cheese w ว,หว ວ,ຫວ way ʔ อ, ะ ອ the catch in uh-oh   Tone IPA Description aː = āː mid [aː˧] àː low [aː˨˩] âː falling [aː˥˩] (Thai), high falling [aː˥˧] (Lao) a̭ː low falling [aː˧˩] (Lao only) áː high [aː˦˥] ǎː mid rising [aː˨˦]

Vowels IPA Thai Lao English approximation Short vowels a ◌ะ, ◌ั◌ ◌ະ, ◌ັ◌ cut e เ◌ะ, เ◌็◌ ເ◌ະ, ເ◌ັ◌ roughly like say ɛ แ◌ะ, แ◌็◌ ແ◌ະ, ແ◌ັ◌ set i ◌ิ, ◌ิ◌ ◌ິ happy o โ◌ะ, ◌◌ ໂ◌ະ, ◌ົ◌ roughly like law (British English) (shorter) ɔ เ◌าะ, ◌็อ◌ ◌ໍ lot u ◌ุ, ◌ุ◌ ◌ຸ food (shorter) ɯ ◌ึ, ◌ึ◌ ◌ຶ good ɤ เ◌อะ ເ◌ິະ, ເ◌ິ◌ roughly like hurt (shorter) Long vowels aː ◌า, ◌า◌ ◌າ bra eː เ◌, เ◌◌ ເ◌ play ɛː แ◌, แ◌◌ ແ◌ says iː ◌ี, ◌ี◌ ◌ີ green oː โ◌, โ◌◌ ໂ◌ roughly like law (British English) ɔː ◌อ, ◌อ◌ ◌ໍ, ◌ອ lawn uː ◌ู, ◌ู, ◌ູ moon ɯː ◌ือ, ◌ื◌ ◌ື good (longer) ɤː เ◌อ, เ◌ิ◌ ເ◌ີ roughly like fur Diphthongs iaʔ, iəʔ เ◌ียะ ເ◌ັຽະ No English equivalent ia, iə เ◌ีย, เ◌ีย◌ ເ◌ັຽ idea uaʔ, uəʔ ◌ัวะ ◌ົວະ No English equivalent ua, uə ◌ัว, ◌ว◌ ◌ົວ poor (British English) ɯaʔ, ɯəʔ เ◌ือะ ເ◌ຶອະ No English equivalent ɯa, ɯə เ◌ือ, เ◌ือ◌ ເ◌ຶອ No English equivalent