Chart Showing the Relationship
between Syllable Types,
Written Tones, and Spoken Tones
SMOOTH/LIVE SYLLABLES |
CHECKED/DEAD SYLLABLES |
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WRITTEN TONE MARK*: |
Toneθ | Tone 1/ ่ | Tone 2/ ้ | Short Vowel | Long Vowel | |
| HIGH CLASS ข ฉ ฐ ถ ผ ฝ ศ ษ ส ห |
Rising ̌ | Low ̀ | Falling ˆ | Low ̀ | Low ̀ | |
| MID CLASS ก จ ด ต ฎ ฏ บ ป อ |
Mid | Low ̀ | Falling ˆ | Low ̀ | Low ̀ | |
| LOW CLASS ค ฆ ง ช ซ ฌ ญ ฑ ฒ ณ ท ธ น พ ฟ ภ ม ย ร ล ว ฬ ฮ |
Mid | Falling ˆ | High ́ | High ́ | Falling ˆ | |
CHART OF THAI TONES
* There are 4 written tone marks
altogether. The 3rd and 4th are rarely used and not included
in the chart. The 3rd written tone mark is -๊
and always produces a high spoken
tone. The 4th
written tone mark is -๋ and always produces a rising spoken tone. The
five spoken tones, in
traditional order of recitation and dictionary convention are MID, LOW, FALLING, HIGH, RISING.
John F. Hartmann
1986
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