There are 8 ending consonant sounds
some are dead and some are alive (spooky)
There are 8 ending consonant sounds despite having 44 consonants, some letters stay the same sounds both in front and at the end of a word, but most are going to change their sounds to fit into one of these 8 sounds. The chart below will tell you which one belongs to which sound. There will be letters and words that we have not covered the pronunciations just yet. Don't worry about those. We'll come back around to this table again.
| name | sound of | sounds like | consonants in this category | examples(Thai/English) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| แม่กง | ง | ng | ง | กางเกง,บาง/song, sing |
| แม่กม | ม | m | ม | ดม,แก้ม/spam, cream |
| แม่เกย | ย | y | ย | กล้วย,สวย/say, pay |
| แม่เกอว | ว | w | ว | สาว,กาว/row, dew |
| แม่กก | ก | g | ก ข ค ฆ | สุข,สัก/gag, leg |
| แม่กด | ด | d | จ ด ต ถ ท ธ ฎ ฏ ฑ ฒ ช ซ ศ ษ ส | กัด,รถ/sad, red |
| แม่กบ | บ | b | บ ป พ ภ ฟ | กบ, สับ/scrub, bib |
| แม่กน | น | n | น ณ ญ ร ล ฬ | หัน, มณฑล/thorn, sun |
alive:ending sounds that continues on (you can drag the sounds on. It lives on. That's why it's alive) |
dead:ending sounds that short stop (once you say the ending sound, the sound stops. that's why it's dead) |