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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.