ห
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Thai
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Orthographic | ห h | ||
Phonemic | หอ h ɒ | หอ หีบ h ɒ h ī ɓ | |
Romanization | Paiboon | hɔ̌ɔ | hɔ̌ɔ hìip |
Royal Institute | ho | ho hip | |
(standard) IPA(key) | /hɔː˩˩˦/(R) | /hɔː˩˩˦.hiːp̚˨˩/(R) | |
Homophones | ห. หอ |
Letter
[edit]ห • (hɔ̌ɔ)
- hɔ̌ɔ hìip (ห หีบ), the 41st consonant letter of the Thai alphabet
Usage notes
[edit]- This letter belongs to the Thai high consonant class
- A silent, high-class ห "leads" low-class nasal stops (ง (ngɔɔ), ญ (yɔɔ), น (nɔɔ) and ม (mɔɔ)) and non-plosives (ว (wɔɔ), ย (yɔɔ), ร (rɔɔ) and ล (lɔɔ)), which have no corresponding high-class phonetic match, into the tone properties of a high-class consonant. In polysyllabic words, an initial mid- or high-class consonant with an implicit vowel similarly "leads" these same low-class consonants into the higher class tone rules, with the tone marker borne by the low-class consonant.