There are Twenty-four Low consonants in Thai. Some are less common than others but all are used in some words. In a few cases the letters are common in place names and Thai names and nicknames. It is common to learn Low consonants in sets (we choose to do 3 sets of 8 consonants, in alphabetical order), and to start the Low consonants after the first set of 7 common Mid consonants.
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The second set of 8 Low Consonants
- #17 - ฑอ มณโฑ - tau mon toh
- #18 - ฌอ ผู้เฌ่า - tau poo tao
- #19 - ณอ เณร - nau nayn (change from "nane")
- #23 - ทอ ทหาร - tau ta haan
- #24 - ธอ ธง - tau tohng
- #25 - นอ หนู - nau nhoo
- #30 - พอ พาน - pau paan
- #31 - ฟอ ฟัน - fau fun
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There are Twenty-four Low consonants in Thai. Some are less common than others but all are used in some words. In a few cases the letters are common in place names and Thai names and nicknames. It is common to learn Low consonants in sets (we choose to do 3 sets of 8 consonants, in alphabetical order), and to start the Low consonants after the first set of 7 common Mid consonants.
It is common to begin learning the Thai consonants in groups rather than in a linear fashion. The first set of consonants learned is generally the common mid-consonants. Seven of the nine Mid-Consonants are common, while two are uncommon and rarely used. Those are left for later. The idea is to learn consonants which can be built upon in terms of using vowels and creating words.
ก has the sound of .g. as golf, gun, guide in English when it is an initial consonant. กา crow (gaa), กิน to eat (gin), ไก่ chicken (gai). Note: The word "koh" that is the official name for island then misleads the foreign speaker to pronounce it wrong.
ก has the same consonant sound in the word "gai" which means "chicken" and chicken was picked because of it is historically significant to the life of the Thais as honored to be the first consonant. The relationship between chicken and the Thai has been closely connected for a long time, especially for those community in the countryside chicken are kept in each house whether to be used for food or for pleasure, or even for sport (cock-fighting). Besides, the chicken are also a main character in much of Thai literature, as in Lilit Pra Law. Many Thai proverbs use the chicken as a symbol and to teach virtues such as the following:
Pronunciation – Thai Low Consonants – Set 3
The third set of 8 Low Consonants