Learn Thai Alphabet

Chapters

1

How Thai Is Written

See how Thai fits together.

2

The Mid-Class Letters

Learn your first 7 letters.

3

Where Vowels Sit

Thai vowels wrap around the consonant.

4

The High-Class Letters

Learn 9 more letters, all high class.

5

The Low-Class Letters

Start the biggest group with 11 letters.

6

More Low-Class Letters

Finish the low-class letters you will see often.

7

Two Shapes That Change the Sound

Two shape changes tell you how a letter sounds.

8

Vowels You Write First

Four vowels are written first and said second.

9

Vowels On Both Sides

Some vowels are built from two or three pieces.

10

How Syllables End

A Thai syllable can end in only 8 sounds.

11

Live and Dead Syllables

Ask one question before you read a tone.

12

The Five Tones

Hear all 5 tones, and how they change a word.

13

The Four Tone Marks

A tone mark does not name a tone.

14

Reading the Tone

Put the pieces together and read any tone.

15

The Last Few Rules

Silent letters, the leading ห, and the rare letters.