9.B.1. Obsolete Consonants.

LESSON 9.B. THE ALPHABET AND READING
9.B.1. Obsolete Consonants.

There are two obsolete consonants which you are never likely to meet but we give them here as they are sometimes included in lists of Thai consonants and they make up the total of 44 consonants which most people know constitute the Thai alphabet.

You need not try and remember them.

ฃ

K. Now replaced by ข.
Name. KOR KOO-AT from ขวด “A bottle”.

ฅ

K. Now replaced by ค.
Name. KOR KON from คน “A person”.

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ฃ	K. Now replaced by ข. Name. KOR KOO-AT from ขวด “A bottle”.
ฅ	K. Now replaced by ค. Name. KOR KON from คน “A person”.