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Thai
Pronunciation
| Orthographic | ญ ɲ | ||
| Phonemic | ยอ y ɒ | ยอ หฺยิง y ɒ h ̥ y i ŋ | |
| Romanization | Paiboon | yɔɔ | yɔɔ yǐng |
| Royal Institute | yo | yo ying | |
| (standard) IPA(key) | /jɔː˧/(R) | /jɔː˧.jiŋ˩˩˦/(R) | |
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Letter
ญ • (yɔɔ)
- yɔɔ yǐng (ญ หญิง), the 13th consonant letter of the Thai alphabet
Usage notes
- This letter belongs to the Thai low consonant class
- In the final position letter ญ is pronounced as "n", not "y" , e.g. บุญ (bun) /bun˧/
- When it has a below vowel, its below mark disappears. It occurs automatically in computer system.