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Summary of Thai Consonants, Vowels, Tone Rules and Exceptions

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1. Introduction Sorry, you do not have a subscription to this content
 
2. Tones Sorry, you do not have a subscription to this content
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3. Thai consonants Sorry, you do not have a subscription to this content
 
4. Low class consonants Sorry, you do not have a subscription to this content
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5. Mid class consonants Sorry, you do not have a subscription to this content
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6. High class consonants Sorry, you do not have a subscription to this content
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7. Duplication of consonants within and across classes Sorry, you do not have a subscription to this content
 
8. Tip for how to identify class of the ‘p’, ‘f’ or ‘t’ consonants Sorry, you do not have a subscription to this content
 
9. Consonants that change their sound as word final consonants Sorry, you do not have a subscription to this content
 
10. Vowels Sorry, you do not have a subscription to this content
 
11. Short vowels with example words Sorry, you do not have a subscription to this content
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12. Long vowels with example words Sorry, you do not have a subscription to this content
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13. Determining whether ‘อ’ is acting as a consonant or vowel Sorry, you do not have a subscription to this content
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14. Words ending in the ‘³sa-³ra eu’ vowel sound have the ‘อ’ sign added Sorry, you do not have a subscription to this content
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15. Composite vowels Sorry, you do not have a subscription to this content
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16. Mixed consonant vowels Sorry, you do not have a subscription to this content
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17. Vowels that change their form in a word medial position Sorry, you do not have a subscription to this content
 
18. Thai tone signs Sorry, you do not have a subscription to this content
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19. How words are verbally spelt out Sorry, you do not have a subscription to this content
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20. Thai tone rules Sorry, you do not have a subscription to this content
 
21. Thai tone rules summary table Sorry, you do not have a subscription to this content
 
22. Vowel shorteners Sorry, you do not have a subscription to this content
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23. Consonant clusters Sorry, you do not have a subscription to this content
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24. Unwritten vowels Sorry, you do not have a subscription to this content
 
25. Unwritten ‘o’ vowel in one syllable words Sorry, you do not have a subscription to this content
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26. Unwritten ‘a’ vowel in two syllable words Sorry, you do not have a subscription to this content
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27. Unwritten vowel words: written vowel of the 1st syllable is used in 2nd syllable Sorry, you do not have a subscription to this content
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28. Multiple unwritten vowels in two syllable words Sorry, you do not have a subscription to this content
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29. Unwritten ‘o’ vowel in words beginning with บร Sorry, you do not have a subscription to this content
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30. Words with repeating consonants and an added unwritten ‘a’ vowel Sorry, you do not have a subscription to this content
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31. The ‘gah ran’ muting sign Sorry, you do not have a subscription to this content
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32. Thai abbreviation signs Sorry, you do not have a subscription to this content
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33. H™or nam words Sorry, you do not have a subscription to this content
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34. Or nam words Sorry, you do not have a subscription to this content
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35. When the pronunciation of the ‘³sa-³ra or’ vowel (อ) changes to an ‘a’ sound Sorry, you do not have a subscription to this content
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36. Spelling irregularities - (1) Sorry, you do not have a subscription to this content
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37. Spelling irregularities - (2) Sorry, you do not have a subscription to this content
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38. Words where the final short vowel is not pronounced Sorry, you do not have a subscription to this content
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39. Long vowels that may be spoken as short or long duration vowel sounds Sorry, you do not have a subscription to this content
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40. Long vowels that tend to be spoken as short vowels Sorry, you do not have a subscription to this content
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41. Words that change from rising tone to high tone Sorry, you do not have a subscription to this content
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42. Tone irregularities for imported Western words Sorry, you do not have a subscription to this content
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43. Thai numbers Sorry, you do not have a subscription to this content
 
44. Quick reference guide summary sheet PDF Sorry, you do not have a subscription to this content
 
45. Chapter summary Sorry, you do not have a subscription to this content
 

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