This is a quick cheat sheet for the sounds found in Thai.
There are at least 2 i sounds in Thai. In terms of all possible i sounds, there is the basic most common i sound, the secondary i sound, and the tertiary i sound, as well as long and nasal forms of each.
| i | i | Like "ee" sound. | i |
| i% | i_ | Long "ee" sound. | iː |
There are at least 4 e sounds in Thai. In terms of all possible e sounds, there is the basic most common e sound, the secondary e sound, and the tertiary e sound, as well as long and nasal forms of each.
| e | e | Like "day" sound. | e |
| E | E | Like "eh" in "pet". | ɛ |
| e% | e_ | Long "day" sound. | eː |
| E% | E_ | Long "eh". | ɛː |
There are at least 2 a sounds in Thai. In terms of all possible a sounds, there is the basic most common a sound, the secondary a sound, and the tertiary a sound, as well as long and nasal forms of each.
| a | a | Like "ah" in father sound. | a ɑ ä |
| a% | a_ | Long "ah" sound. | aː |
There are at least 6 o sounds in Thai. In terms of all possible o sounds, there is the basic most common o sound, the secondary o sound, and the tertiary o sound, as well as long and nasal forms of each.
| o | o | Like "oh" sound. | o |
| O | O | Like "uuh" in "book" sound. | ʊ ɯ |
| 1 | o$ | British oah sound. | ɔ |
| o% | o_ | Long "oh" sound. | oː |
| O% | O_ | Long "uuh". | ʊː ɯː |
| 1% | o$_ | Long British oah sound. | ɔː |
There are at least 2 u sounds in Thai. In terms of all possible u sounds, there is the basic most common u sound, the secondary u sound, and the tertiary u sound, as well as long and nasal forms of each.
| u | u | Like "oo" in "you" sound. | u |
| u% | u_ | Long "oo" sound. | uː |
There is at least 1 m sound in Thai. Notice the English m and mm have a similar shape.
| m | m | Regular m | m |
There is at least 1 n sound in Thai. Notice the English n and nn have a similar shape.
| n | n | Regular n | n |
There is at least 1 q sound in Thai.
| q | q | Regular ng | ŋ ɴ |
There is at least 1 d sound in Thai. Notice the English d and dd have a similar shape.
| d | d | Regular d | d |
There is at least 1 b sound in Thai. Notice the English b and bb have a similar shape.
| b | b | Regular b | b |
There are at least 3 p sounds in Thai.
| p | p | Regular p | p |
| p9 | p. | Stopping on the shape of p without saying it | p̚ |
| p% | ph~ | Aspirated p | pʰ |
There are at least 3 t sounds in Thai.
| t | t | Regular t | t |
| t0 | t. | Stopping on the shape of t without saying it | t̚ |
| t^ | th~ | Aspirated t | tʰ |
There are at least 3 k sounds in Thai.
| k | k | Regular k | k |
| k9 | k. | Stopping on the shape of k without saying it | k̚ |
| k% | kh~ | Aspirated k | kʰ |
There is at least 1 h sound in Thai.
| h | h | Regular h | h |
There is at least 1 y sound in Thai. Notice the English y and yy have a similar shape, although the Tone yy is like a Tone OO with a tail.
| y | y | Regular y | j |
There is at least 1 w sound in Thai. Notice the English w and ww have a similar shape.
| w | w | Regular w | w |
There is at least 1 ' sound in Thai. This is a glottal stop in its base form.
| ' | ' | Regular ', used a lot in Hebrew and Arabic, amongst other languages | ʔ |
There is at least 1 f sound in Thai.
| f | f | Regular f | f |
There is at least 1 l sound in Thai.
| l | l | Regular l | l |
There is at least 1 s sound in Thai.
| s | s | Regular s | s |
There is at least 1 ch sound in Thai.
| tx5 | txy~ | Palatalized ch sound (Used in Chinese, for example) | tɕ |