Thai language has 44 letters, 32 vowels, 4 tone marks and various other symbols for pronunciation. Thai consonants are divided into three classes; Middle class, High class and Low class. Today we will talk about middle class consonants.

Middle class consonants in Thai we call อักษรกลาง. There are nine letters in middle class consonants.

First  is (ก)   gaw gai,   gaw is the spelling sound and gai is the name of a letter

Second  is (จ)  jaw is the spelling sound and Jahn is the name of a letter

Third  is  (ด)   daw dek, daw is the spelling sound and dek is the name of a letter.

Fourth  is  (ฎ)   daw chah dah, daw is the spelling sound and chah dah is the name of a letter. 

Fifth  is (ต)  dtaw dtow,  dtaw is the spelling sound and dtow is the name of a letter. 

Sixth  is (ฏ) dtaw bpah dtahk,  dtaw is the spelling sound and bpah dtahk is the name of a letter. 

In Thai language, daw chah dah and dtaw bpha dtahk  are rare letters we do not use often but we use for specific words. 

Seventh  is (บ) baw bai maai, baw is the spelling sound and bai maai is the name of a letter. 

Eighth  is (ป) bpaw bplah, bpaw is the spelling sound and bplah is the name of a letter. 

ninht is (อ) aw aang, aw (o) is the spelling sound and can be (oo) a vowel.  Aang is the name of a letter. 

This is how Thai students practice to remember middle class consonants

gai(ก) jik(จ) dek(ด,ฎ) dtaai(ต,ฏ) bon(บ) bpak(ป) oong(อ)

and this is how my class practice to remember

gaw (ก) Jaw  (๋จ) daw (ด,ฎ)  dtaw (ต,ฏ) baw (บ) pbaw (ป) aw (อ)