Live and Dead Syllables
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Live or Dead?
Now you'll learn to work out a word's tone from its spelling! You need two clues. The first is the class of the first letter. The second is whether the syllable is live or dead.
A live syllable ends in a sound you can hold. A dead syllable stops short.
Live
Ends in a long vowel, or in ม, น, or ง.
Dead
Ends in a short vowel, or in ก, ด, or บ.
You'll meet two more live endings later.
