The Letter ຜ

Consonant Class

High

Sounds Like

[p] like "paw"

Transliteration

Ph

Tones

This letter is in the High 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)
◌່
◌້
rising
low-falling
high
mid
low-falling

*Based on the Vientiane dialect.

Word Examples

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