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Writing the Thai Alphabet High Consonants

The final set of consonants learned as a group are the High Consonants. These include: #02 – ขอ ไข่ – kau kai #03 – ขอ ขวด – kau kuad #09 – ฉอ ฉิ่ง – shau shing #16 – ฐอ ฐาน – tau taan #22 – ถอ ถุง – tau tung #28 – ผอ ผึ้ง – [...]

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Thai Tone Frequency and Syllable Length

One aspect of the Thai Alphabet cards which we chose to display a tone frequency and syllable duration marker as a colored line across a two dimensional grid. Purchase the Thai Alphabet Flash Cards Method of Tone Frequency and Syllable Length Display First, we used the Tone Shape and Approximate Frequency adapted from Naksakul (1977:106) [...]

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Pronunciation – Thai Low Consonants – Set 3

There are Twenty-four Low consonants in Thai. Some are less common than others but all are used in some words. In a few cases the letters are common in place names and Thai names and nicknames. It is common to learn Low consonants in sets (we choose to do 3 sets of 8 consonants, in [...]

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Pronunciation – Thai Low Consonants – Set 2

There are Twenty-four Low consonants in Thai. Some are less common than others but all are used in some words. In a few cases the letters are common in place names and Thai names and nicknames. It is common to learn Low consonants in sets (we choose to do 3 sets of 8 consonants, in [...]

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Pronunciation Practice – First Set of Mid-Consonants

The First Set of Consonants to Learn It is common to begin learning the Thai consonants in groups rather than in a linear fashion. The first set of consonants learned is generally the common mid-consonants. Seven of the nine Mid-Consonants are common, while two are uncommon and rarely used. Those are left for later. The [...]

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Thai Consonant Tone and Pronunciation Practice

The first set of Thai Alphabet Cards is the 44 Thai Consonants. Below we have simple pronunciation drills for each of the cards, divided into four videos of around 3 minutes each. Tweet

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