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For each vowel, the flashcards include: Thai script of vowel in context with a placeholder consonant (ก) 8 really useful font samples of that vowel

Note: Thai language has its own script with 44 consonant letters, 15 vowel symbols that combine into at least 28 vowel forms, four tone diacritics, and an own set of numerals.

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As mentioned above, we have now listed all of the vowel phonemes of Thai; all of the sounds below this point are variations on the vowel phonemes listed above. Another objective of this page, however, is to present a complete reference on the ways in which the vowels of Thai are written in Thai.

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A phoneme (/ ˈ f oʊ n iː m /) is one of the units of sound (or gesture in the case of sign languages, see chereme) that distinguish one word from another in a particular language.

History. The Thai alphabet is derived from the Old Khmer script (Thai: อักษรขอม, akson khom), which is a southern Brahmic style of writing derived from the south Indian Pallava alphabet (Thai: ปัลลวะ).