ຈ

ຈິ້ງຈອກ

[jiing jawk]

fox

The Letter ຈ

Consonant Class

Middle

Sounds Like

a combination of the sounds [ch] and [j]

Transliteration

Ch, sometimes J

Tones

This letter is in the Middle Consonant Class, and a syllable that starts with this consonant follows these tone rules*:

+ long vowel, or ends with sonorant (ງ ນ ມ ຍ ວ)
+ long vowel and ends with unreleased stop (ກ ດ ບ)
+ short vowel, or short vowel and ends with unreleased stop (ກ ດ ບ)
◌່
◌້
low
low-falling
high
mid
high-falling

*Based on the Vientiane dialect.

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