ย	Y as an initial consonant and does not occur as a final. (See Note 1. below) Name. YOR YUK from ยักษ์ “A giant”.
ร	R as an initial consonant and N as a final. (See Note 2. below) Name. ROR REU-A from เรือ “A boat”.
ล	L as an initial consonant and N as a final. Name. LOR LING from ลิง “A monkey”.
ว	W as an initial consonant and does not occur as a final. (See Note 3. below) Name. WOR WAAN from แหวน “A ring”.

Notes.

1. Where ย occurs at the end of a syllable it is always part of a combined vowel such as -ัย, -าย, -ุย, เ-ย, etc.
   
2. The letter ร (R) is very often pronounced as L although this is quite incorrect.
   
3. When ว occurs between two consonants it is almost invariably being used as a vowel with the sound of “OO-A” and not as a consonant.
   When ว occurs at the end of a syllable it is always part of a combined vowel such as -าว, -ิว, เ-ียว, แ-ว, etc.
   

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