Editing Thai script (section)

===Plosives (''{{IAST|vargaḥ}}'')===

Plosives (also called stops) are listed in their traditional Sanskrit order, which corresponds to Thai alphabetical order from '''ก''' to '''ม''' with three exceptions: in Thai, high-class '''ข''' is followed by two obsolete characters with no Sanskrit equivalent, high-class ฃ and low-class ฅ; low-class '''ช''' is followed by sibilant ซ (low-class equivalent of high-class sibilant ส that follows ศ and ษ.)   The table gives the Thai value first, and then the [[International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration|IAST (International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration)]] value in square brackets.
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 120%;"
|-align='center' style="font-size: 75%;"
! rowspan="4" |Class
! colspan="4" |Sanskrit unvoiced
! colspan="6" |Sanskrit voiced
|-align='center' style="font-size: 75%;"
! colspan="8" |Thai unvoiced
! colspan="2" |Thai voiced
|-align='center' style="font-size: 75%;"
! colspan="2" |Unaspirated
! colspan="2" |Aspirated
! colspan="1" |Aspirated || Unaspirated
! colspan="2" |Aspirated
! colspan="2" |Nasal
|-
!<small>Thai</small>
!<small>Sanskrit</small>
!<small>Thai</small>
!<small>Sanskrit</small>
!<small>Thai</small>
!<small>Sanskrit</small>
!<small>Thai</small>
!<small>Sanskrit</small>
!<small>Thai</small>
!<small>Sanskrit</small>
|-
!'''<small>velar</small>'''
| {{Letter|s=Thai|ch=ก|iso=kà}}
| {{Letter|s=Deva|ch=क|iso={{IAST|ka}}|ipa=/k/}}
| {{Letter|s=Thai|ch=ข|iso=khà}}
| {{Letter|s=Deva|ch=ख|iso={{IAST|kha}}|ipa=/kʰ/}}
| {{Letter|s=Thai|ch=ค|iso=khá}}
| {{Letter|s=Deva|ch=ग|iso={{IAST|ga}}|ipa=/g/}}
| {{Letter|s=Thai|ch=ฆ|iso=khá}}
| {{Letter|s=Deva|ch=घ|iso={{IAST|gha}}|ipa=/gʱ/}}
| {{Letter|s=Thai|ch=ง|iso=ngá}}
| {{Letter|s=Deva|ch=ङ|iso={{IAST|ṅa}}|ipa=/[[Voiced velar nasal|ŋ]]/}}
|-
!'''<small>palatal</small>'''
| {{Letter|s=Thai|ch=จ|iso=cà}}
| {{Letter|s=Deva|ch=च|iso={{IAST|ca}}|ipa=/c/, /tɕ/}}

| {{Letter|s=Thai|ch=ฉ|iso=chà}}
| {{Letter|s=Deva|ch=छ|iso={{IAST|cha}}|ipa=/cʰ/, /tɕʰ/}}
| {{Letter|s=Thai|ch=ช|iso=chá}}
| {{Letter|s=Deva|ch=ज|iso={{IAST|ja}}|ipa=/[[Voiced palatal plosive|ɟ]]/, /[[d͡ʑ]]/}}
| {{Letter|s=Thai|ch=ฌ|iso=chá}}
| {{Letter|s=Deva|ch=झ|iso={{IAST|jha}}|ipa=/ɟʱ/, /d͡ʑʱ/}}
| {{Letter|s=Thai|ch=ญ|iso=yá}}
| {{Letter|s=Deva|ch=ञ|iso={{IAST|ña}}|ipa=/[[Voiced palatal nasal|ɲ]]/}}
|-
!'''<small>retroflex</small>'''
| {{Letter|s=Thai|ch=ฏ|iso=tà}}
| {{Letter|s=Deva|ch=ट|iso={{IAST|ṭa}}|ipa=/ʈ/}}
| {{Letter|s=Thai|ch=ฐ|iso=thà}}
| {{Letter|s=Deva|ch=ठ|iso={{IAST|ṭha}}|ipa=/ʈʰ/}}
| {{Letter|s=Thai|ch=ฑ|iso=thá}}
| {{Letter|s=Deva|ch=ड|iso={{IAST|ḍa}}|ipa=/ɖ/}}
| {{Letter|s=Thai|ch=ฒ|iso=thá}}
| {{Letter|s=Deva|ch=ढ|iso={{IAST|ḍha}}|ipa=/ɖʱ/}}
| {{Letter|s=Thai|ch=ณ|iso=ná}}
| {{Letter|s=Deva|ch=ण|iso={{IAST|ṇa}}|ipa=/ɳ/}}
|-
!'''<small>dental</small>'''
| {{Letter|s=Thai|ch=ต|iso=tà}}
| {{Letter|s=Deva|ch=त|iso={{IAST|ta}}|ipa=/t/}}
| {{Letter|s=Thai|ch=ถ|iso=thà}}
| {{Letter|s=Deva|ch=थ|iso={{IAST|tha}}|ipa=/tʰ/}}
| {{Letter|s=Thai|ch=ท|iso=thá}}
| {{Letter|s=Deva|ch=द|iso={{IAST|da}}|ipa=/d/}}
| {{Letter|s=Thai|ch=ธ|iso=thá}}
| {{Letter|s=Deva|ch=ध|iso={{IAST|dha}}|ipa=/dʱ/}}
| {{Letter|s=Thai|ch=น|iso=ná}}
| {{Letter|s=Deva|ch=न|iso={{IAST|na}}|ipa=/n/}}
|-
!'''<small>labial</small>'''
| {{Letter|s=Thai|ch=ป|iso=pà}}
| {{Letter|s=Deva|ch=प|iso={{IAST|pa}}|ipa=/p/}}
| {{Letter|s=Thai|ch=ผ|iso=phà}}
| {{Letter|s=Deva|ch=फ|iso={{IAST|pha}}|ipa=/pʰ/}}
| {{Letter|s=Thai|ch=พ|iso=phá}}
| {{Letter|s=Deva|ch=ब|iso={{IAST|ba}}|ipa=/b/}}
| {{Letter|s=Thai|ch=ภ|iso=phá}}
| {{Letter|s=Deva|ch=भ|iso={{IAST|bha}}|ipa=/bʱ/}}
| {{Letter|s=Thai|ch=ม|iso=má}}
| {{Letter|s=Deva|ch=म|iso={{IAST|ma}}|ipa=/m/}}
|- align="center"
! style="font-size: 75%;" |'''tone class''' !! colspan="2" |<small>'''Mid'''</small> !! colspan="2" |<small>'''High'''</small> !! colspan="2" |<small>'''Low'''</small>!! colspan="2" |<small>'''Low'''</small>!! colspan="2" |<small>'''Low'''</small>
|}

None of the Sanskrit plosives are pronounced as the Thai voiced plosives, so these are not represented in the table. While letters are listed here according to their class in Sanskrit, Thai has lost the distinction between many of the consonants. So, while there is a clear distinction between ช and ฌ in Sanskrit, in Thai these two consonants are pronounced identically (including tone). Likewise, the Thai phonemes do not differentiate between the retroflex and dental classes, since Thai has no retroflex consonants. The equivalents of all the retroflex consonants are pronounced identically to their dental counterparts: thus ฏ is pronounced like ต, ฐ is pronounced like ถ, ฑ is pronounced like ท, ฒ is pronounced like ธ, and ณ is pronounced like น.

The Sanskrit unaspirated unvoiced plosives are pronounced as unaspirated unvoiced, whereas Sanskrit aspirated voiced plosives are pronounced as aspirated unvoiced.