7.B.1. The Consonants.

LESSON 7.B. THE ALPHABET AND READING
7.B.1. The Consonants.

ศ

S as an initial consonant and T as a final.
Name. SOR SAHLAH from ศาลา “An open sided shelter”.
(More commonly called SOR KOR from its resemblance to the letter ค KOR KWAI.)

ษ

S as an initial consonant and T as a final.
Name. SOR REUSEE from ฤษี “A hermit”.
(More commonly called SOR BOR from its resemblance to the letter บ BOR BY MY.)

ส

S as an initial consonant and T as a final.
Name. SOR SEU-A from เสือ “A tiger”.
(More commonly called SOR LOR from its resemblance to the letter ล LOR LING.)

ห

H or silent as an initial consonant and does not occur as a final. See note below.
Name. HOR HEEP from หีบ “A box”.

Note.
The letter ห may be used as an initial consonant with the sound of “H” or it may be used as a silent consonant at the beginning of a syllable in which latter case it acts merely as a tone indicator.

This latter usage is by far the more common and will be dealt with fully in Lesson 11.B.2. All that is necessary to remember at this stage is that when ห occurs at the beginning of a syllable it is in most cases silent.

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ศ	S as an initial consonant and T as a final. Name. SOR SAHLAH from ศาลา “An open sided shelter”. (More commonly called SOR KOR from its resemblance to the letter ค KOR KWAI.)
ษ	S as an initial consonant and T as a final. Name. SOR REUSEE from ฤษี “A hermit”. (More commonly called SOR BOR from its resemblance to the letter บ BOR BY MY.)
ส	S as an initial consonant and T as a final. Name. SOR SEU-A from เสือ “A tiger”. (More commonly called SOR LOR from its resemblance to the letter ล LOR LING.)
ห	H or silent as an initial consonant and does not occur as a final. See note below. Name. HOR HEEP from หีบ “A box”.