those similar sounds 'äöü'. ipa ( http://en.wikipedia....onetic_Alphabet ) would be the best tool to speak foreign words, but too few people know it. Thai (ภาษาไทย, transcription : phasa thai , transliteration : p̣hās̄ʹāthịy ; IPA: [pʰāːsǎːtʰāj] ). http://en.wikipedia....i/Thai_language . the better we sapeak thai the better we understand thai peopen. my