Overview
The tone of any syllable in Thai is determined by four factors:
- The class of the initial consonant, low, mid or high
- Whether the syllable is live or dead
- Whether the vowel or diphthong is long or short
- Whether there is a tone mark or not, and if there is, which of the four tone marks it is.
This interactive chart shows the tone produced by each combination of the above
Click on any chart heading to get an explanation of that term; click on any cell to get examples of words using that particular combination of factors.
Click on the "Consonant class table" link to open an overview of the class of each consonant.