ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head><title>SAMPA for Thai</title><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=x-UNICODE-2-0-UTF-7"> <style type="text/css"> h1 {color:green;} table {width:75%;} th {text-align:center; vertical-align:top; color:navy; font-family:verdana;} td {font-family:"lucida sans unicode", "arial unicode ms"; vertical-align:top;} h3 {background-color:"#C6E2FF";} </style> <meta content="SAMPA for Thai, an ASCII representation of phonetic symbols for Thai" name=description> <meta content="Thai language, phonetics, pronunciation, speech, SAMPA, IPA, phonetic symbols, phoneme, phonemes, vowel, consonant, semivowel, plosive, fricative, affricate, tone, tone language" name=keywords> <meta content=true name=MSSmartTagsPreventParsing> </head> <body><table><tr><td><img src="thai.jpg" alt="*" align=top><td><h2>SAMPA for</h2> <h1>Thai </h1></table> <p><small>This page is in Unicode. To see the IPA symbols, you may need to download the font <b>Lucida Sans Unicode</b>, 316 KB (<a href="lsansuni.ttf">download</a>).</small></p> <center> <table width="100%"> <tr bgcolor="#C6E2FF"><td width=20%>IPA symbol <td>SAMPA symbol <td>Keyword in SAMPA <td>Romanization (<i>English gloss</i>) <td>Orthography </tr> <tr><th colspan=5>&nbsp;</tr> <tr><th colspan=5 bgcolor="#FFC0BB"><b>Vowels</b></tr> <tr><td>i <td>i <td>pit_2 <td>pit2 (close) <td>4 <tr><td>i&#720; <td>i: <td>pi:k_2 <td>pi:k2 (wing) <td>5 <tr><td>&#616; <td>1 <td>j1t_4 <td>y&#616;t4 (to hold) <td>"6 <tr><td>&#616;&#720; <td>1: <td>m1:t_3 <td>m&#616;t3 (dark) <td>!7 <tr><td>u <td>u <td>cut_2 <td>cut2 (spot) <td>8 <tr><td>u&#720; <td>u: <td>du:t_2 <td>du:t2 (to suck) <td>9 <tr><td>e <td>e <td>pet_2 <td>pet2 (duck) <td>@G <tr><td>e&#720; <td>e: <td>the:t_3 <td>the:t3 (to give a sermon) <td>@(L <tr><td>&#601; <td>@ <td>c@?_2 <td>coe?2 (to come across) <td>@-0 <tr><td>&#601;&#720; <td>@: <td>ch@:n_1 <td>choe:n1 (to invite) <td>@- <tr><td>o <td>o <td>bot_2 <td>bot2 (to grind) <td> <tr><td>o&#720; <td>o: <td>bo:k_2 <td>bo:k2 (to wave) <td>B <tr><td>&#230; <td>{ <td>k{?_2 <td>kae?2 (sheep) <td>A0 <tr><td>&#230;&#720; <td>{: <td>th{:n_1 <td>thae:n1 (to replace) <td>A <tr><td>a <td>a <td>hat_2 <td>hat2 (to train) <td>+1 <tr><td>a&#720; <td>a: <td>ha:t_2 <td>ha:t2 (beach) <td>+2 <tr><td>&#596; <td>O <td>NO?_4 <td>ngO?4 (rambutan) <td>@20 <tr><td>&#596;&#720; <td>O: <td>NO:_1 <td>ngO:1 (bend) <td>- <tr><th colspan=5>&nbsp; <tr><td colspan=5 bgcolor="#FFEFD5"><b>Diphthongs</b></tr> <tr><td>ia <td>ia <td>phlia_1 <td>phlia1 (to be tired) <td>@%5" <tr><td>&#616;a <td>1a <td>s1a_3 <td>s&#616;a3 (blouse) <td>@*7I- <tr><td>ua <td>ua <td>tua_1 <td>tua1 (body) <td>1' <tr><th colspan=5>&nbsp;</tr> <tr><th colspan=5 bgcolor="#FFC0BB"><b>Consonants</b></tr> <tr><th colspan=5>&nbsp; <tr><td colspan=5 bgcolor="#FFEFD5"><b>Plosives</b></tr> <tr><td>p <td>p <td>pa:_1 <td>pa:1 (to throw) <td>2 <tr><td>p&#688; <td>ph <td>pha:_1 <td>pha:1 (to take) <td>2 <tr><td>b <td>b <td>bin_1 <td>bin1 (to fly) <td>4 <tr><td>t <td>t <td>ta:_1 <td>ta:1 (eye) <td>2 <tr><td>t&#688; <td>th <td>tha:_1 <td>tha:1 (spread) <td>2 <tr><td>d <td>d <td>din_1 <td>din1 (ground) <td>4 <tr><td>c <td>c <td>cet_2 <td>cet2 (seven) <td>@G <tr><td>c&#688; <td>ch <td>cha:N_4 <td>cha:ng4 (elephant) <td> I2 <tr><td>k <td>k <td>ka:_1 <td>ka:1 (crow) <td>2 <tr><td>k&#688; <td>kh <td>kha:_1 <td>kha:1 (be stuck) <td>2 <tr><td>&#660; <td>? <td>?a:_1 <td>?a:1 (father's younger sibling) <td>-2 <tr><th colspan=5>&nbsp; <tr><td colspan=5 bgcolor="#FFEFD5"><b>Fricatives</b></tr> <tr><td>f <td>f <td>fa:_4 <td>fa:4 (sky) <td>I2 <tr><td>s <td>s <td>sa:m_5 <td>sa:m5 (three) <td>*2! <tr><td>h <td>h <td>ha:_5 <td>ha:5 (to find) <td>+2 <tr><th colspan=5>&nbsp; <tr><td colspan=5 bgcolor="#FFEFD5"><b>Nasals</b></tr> <tr><td>m <td>m <td>ma:_1 <td>ma:1 (to come) <td>!2 <tr><td>n <td>n <td>na:_1 <td>na:1 (field) <td>2 <tr><td>&#331; <td>N <td>Na:_1 <td>nga:1 (sesame) <td>2 <tr><th colspan=5>&nbsp; <tr><td colspan=5 bgcolor="#FFEFD5"><b>Liquids</b></tr> <tr><td>l <td>l <td>la:_1 <td>la:1 (donkey) <td>%2 <tr><td>&#638;, r<td>r <td>ra:_1 <td>ra:1 (fungus) <td>#2 <tr><th colspan=5>&nbsp; <tr><td colspan=5 bgcolor="#FFEFD5"><b>Semivowels</b></tr> <tr><td>w <td>w <td>wiN_3 <td>wing3 (to run) <td>'4H <tr><td>j <td>j <td>ja:_1 <td>ya:1 (medicine) <td>"2 <tr><th colspan=5>&nbsp; <tr><th colspan=5 bgcolor="#FFC0BB"><b>Tones</b></tr> <tr><td>mid level, a <td>_1 <td>kha:_1 <td>kha:1 (to be stuck) <td>2 <tr><td>low level, &agrave; <td>_2 <td>kha:_2 <td>kha:2 (galangal) <td>H2 <tr><td>fall, &acirc; <td>_3 <td>kha:_3 <td>kha:3 (value) <td>H2 <tr><td>high level, &aacute; <td>_4 <td>kha:_4 <td>kha:4 (to trade) <td>I2 <tr><td>rise, a&#x030C; <td>_5 <td>kha:_5 <td>kha:5 (leg) <td>2 </table> </center> <hr> <p>The adaptation of SAMPA to Thai was done by Dr <a href="mailto:jmar@appen.com.au">Juliet Mar</a> and Miss <a href="mailto:ppattama@yahoo.com">Pattama Patpong</a>. <p> <a href="home.htm">SAMPA</a> home page, <p> <code>Maintained by <a href="mailto:j.wells@phon.ucl.ac.uk">J.C. Wells</a>. Created 2002 07 31</code> </body></html>