The Common Characteristics of Thai Pronunciation of English

As some sounds in English just simply don't exist in Thai language, this affects the way native Thai

speakers pronounce English words.

shifts the stress to the last syllable of the word

omits consonant clusters

final consonants are often omitted or converted according to the rules of Thai

pronunciation: l and r become n, while s becomes t

"sh" and "ch" sounds can be indistinguishable as the Thai language does not have the "sh"

sound, e.g. ship/chip, sheep/cheap

"v" sound is almost always replaced by "w" sound, e.g. vow -> wow, ville -> will

"g" and "z" sounds are usually devoiced, e.g. dog -> dock, zoo -> sue

"th" sound is often replaced by "t" or "d" sound, e.g. thin -> tin, through -> true, then -> den

ambiguity between the short "e", as in "bled", and a long "a", as in "blade"

"e(vowel) " such as cherry is pronounced shireri, error is pronounced err-rer

In Thai, consonants generally cannot be blended together (exceptions to this rule are /r/, /l/ and /w/.) A

short "a" (ah) sound is automatically added between any other two consonants.

start - sahtat

stupid - sahtupid

sleep - sahleep

speak - sahpeak

snore - sahnore

swim - sahwim

stay - sahtay

school - sahkoon

album - alabum

schedule - sahketdual

in trend- in train