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Tones

The Thai language has five tones (sounds): mid tone, low tone, falling tone, high tone, and rising tone.  But there are only four written tone marks as shown here.

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Whether the word will be pronounced with the same tone as the written tone mark or not depends on the consonant's word class.  (See the tone chart).

Click on any word in the table below to listen to the sound.

Consonants'  class mid tone low tone

falling tone

 high tone rising tone
Mid/long vowels กา ก่า ก้า ก๊า ก๋า
Mid/short vowels   จะ จ้ะ จ๊ะ  
High/long vowels   ข่า ข้า   ขา
High/short vowels   สะ      
Low/long vowels คา   ค่า ค้า  
Low/short vowels     ค่ะ คะ  

 

Links:

| Tone Chart | 5 Tones of Bangkok Thai | Tone Test | Tone Menu | Print the Tone Chart |
| Consonants | Vowels | Reading | Writing | Conversation | Maanii Readers |
| Site map I | Thai Homepage | SEAsite | Thai Language at Australian National University |

Author: Jenjit
Last updated: 2018