Middle Class [7 Sounds, 5 tones] High Class [7 Sounds, 3 tones] Low Class [14 Sounds, 3 tones]

( ) ( ) { }
ra(h)kang(m)
gai(l) kai(l) kuat(l) kwaai(m) kon(m) nguu(m) 7

[ ] { }
jaan(m) ching(l) chaang(h) soo(f) cher(m) ying(r) 6

[ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] { }
cha(h)daa(m) bpa(l)dtak(l) mon(m)too(m) puu(f)tao(f)
taan(r) nairn(m) 6

{ }
ta(h)haan(r)
dek(l) dtao(l) tung(r) tong(m) nuu(r) 6

ั { }
bai(m)mai(h) sam(r)pao(m)
bplaa(m) pűng(f) faa(r) paan(m) fan(m) maa(h) 8

์
yak(h) พűญ(m) ling(m) waen(r) 4

{ } { }
saa(r)laa(m) พűű(m)sii(r)
2

|| || [ ]
ฟűญ(r) hiip(l) ju(l)laa(m)
3

nok(h)huuk(f)
aang(l) 2
( ) no longer used [ ] rare irregular - these have a simpler counterpart { } common irregular - these have a simpler counterpart 44
m = mid tone, l = low tone, f= falling tone, h= high tone, r=rising tone The third row are Retroflex consonants in Pali
Reading down the columns we have Thai's 28 individual consonant sounds:

7 individual Middle Class sounds represented by the cells coloured yellow, i.e. the consonants:

7 individual High Class sounds represented by the cells coloured yellow, i.e. the consonants:
7 individual Low Class sounds represented by the cells coloured yellow*, i.e. the consonants: ค *
and
7 more individual Low Class sounds represented by the cells coloured cream, i.e. the consonants: ล ว

* sor soo(f), is darker as it is also duplicated in another (non-dictionary order) position in the chart, to match the pairing sound in the High Class group.

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