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Low class consonant · letter 7 of 44

ง ngo ngu

ง (ngo ngu) is a low-class consonant named after งู, “snake”. At the start of a syllable it is /ŋ/, written ng in RTGS; at the end of one it is /ŋ/ (ng).

See it in 61 fontsAll 44 consonants
งง งูngo ngu · snake
Thai name
ง งู · ngo ngu
Name word
งู, snake
Class
Low class
At the start of a syllable
/ŋ/ · RTGS ng
At the end of a syllable
/ŋ/ · RTGS ng
Unicode
U+0E07 · THAI CHARACTER NGO NGU
In HTML
ง or ง
Kedmanee key
'
Pattachote key
D

How it sounds

The ng of “singer”. English has it only inside and at the end of words, so the hard part for learners is starting a word with it, as in งู ngu.

Class and tone

With no mark, a low-class letter gives the mid tone in a live syllable; in a dead one the tone is high when the vowel is short and falling when it is long. Mai ek gives falling and mai tho high.

Syllables with ง and the vowel า
SpellingSyllableTone
No mark, live syllable (long vowel)งาMid
No mark, dead syllable, short vowelงะHigh
No mark, dead syllable, long vowelงากFalling
Mai ekง่าFalling
Mai thoง้าHigh
Mai tri–not used with this class
Mai chattawa–not used with this class

The syllables show the rule, not words to learn. The tone rules explain live and dead syllables.

Words with ง

ThaiRTGSMeaning
เงินngoenmoney; silver
งานnganwork; event
ง่ายngaieasy
สองsongtwo
ทองthonggold

RTGS shows neither tone nor vowel length; type a word into the font tester to see it in every font.

ง in every font

The letter in each of the 61 families you can download here, in its regular style. Looped faces start the stroke from a small circle; loopless ones leave it out. Each card opens the family’s page.