The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Southern Thai language pronunciations (Nakhon Si Thammarat dialect, a standard language). For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see {{IPA|sou}} and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.
| Consonants
|
| IPA |
Thai alphabet |
English approximation
|
| b
|
บ |
bush
|
| d
|
ฎ,ด |
design
|
| f
|
ฝ,ฟ |
flush
|
| h
|
ง,หง,ห,ฮ |
home
|
| j
|
ญ,ย,อย,หย |
yacht
|
| k
|
ก |
skip
|
| kʰ
|
ข,ฃ,ค,ฅ,ฆ |
class
|
| l
|
ล,ฬ,หล |
loan
|
| m
|
ม,หม |
matter
|
| n
|
ณ,น,หน |
nugget
|
| p
|
ป |
spend
|
| pʰ
|
ผ,พ,ภ |
pet
|
| r
|
ร,หร |
tierra in Italian
|
| s
|
ซ,ศ,ษ,ส |
soft
|
| t
|
ฏ,ต |
stop
|
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