🇹🇭 Thai Phonetic System

Practice by Kruu Aoy

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Consonants
44 letters · 21 sounds
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Vowels
Short & long forms
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Tones
5 tones · how they sound
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My First Thai Words
12 practice words
💡 Sounds unique to Thai
g — as in "go"
dt — as in "stop"
bp — as in "spa"
ng — as in "ringing"
🔤 Consonants

44 consonant letters, 21 sounds. Tap 🔊 to hear each sound.

Thai Alphabet Phonetic Symbols Sounds like
🔡 Vowels

Vowels come in short/long pairs — same sound, different length. Tap 🔊 to hear each one.

Short Thai Long Thai
🎵 Tones

Thai has 5 tones. The same syllable with a different tone = a different word. Tap 🔊 on any example to hear it.

📖 My First Thai Words

Practice reading these words. Tap 🔊 to hear the Thai pronunciation.