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Translingual
Letter
ᨡ (kha)
- The 10th letter and second consonant of the Tai Tham Pali alphabet. In Pali it represents the voiceless aspirated velar consonant /kʰ/.
- Pali ᨡᨾᨲᩥ (khamati, “to endure”)
- Northern Thai ᨡᩬᨦ (khɔ̌ɔng, “thing”)
Usage notes
In the vernacular languages Northern Thai and Tai Lü, this letter generally represents the voiceless velar fricative consonant /x/. Northern Thai has a marginal distinction between /x/ and /kʰ/, with the latter chiefly found in loan words from or through Siamese; this distinction is not shown in writing.
Descendants
See also
- ᨠ (previous letter in the Pali alphabet)
- ᨣ (next letter in the Pali alphabet)
