Vowel Order

Vowels are considered after the consonant with which they are associated, even if they are written before the consonant. So, for example, for sequencing purposes โดย is treated as if it were written ด-โ-ย, and แมก is treated as ม-แ-ก. The following examples show the order in which the consonants and vowels are considered in some sample words:

ปืน 2
13
 
ฟูก  
13
2
ศัตรู 2
134
  5
ฐิติ 24
13
 
โดย  
213
 
แมก  
213
 
วีดีโอ 24
1365
 
ใสสะอาด  
2134567
 

Vowels sort after all consonants. Within themselves they sort in the following sequence:

After
Above
Below
Before
 

Note that short vowels come before long vowels with the same sound, and that the general ordering is: after, above, below, before.

So, for example, บด บัง บาง แบ แบก แบกหาม แบกะดิน sort in that order for the following reasons:

บด  
12
 
บัง 2
13
 
Compared with the previous word, the first difference is at character 2. This word's character 2 is a vowel, ◌ั . The previous word's character 2 is a consonant, . All vowels order after all consonants.
บาง  
123
 
Compared with the previous word, the first difference is at character 2. This word's character 2 is a ◌า. The previous word's character 2 is ◌ั. ◌า comes after ◌ั
แบ  
21
 
Again considering character 2, แ◌ comes after ◌า.
แบก  
213
 
Where one word starts with the same characters as another whole word the shorter word comes first; แบก comes after แบ.
แบกหาม  
213456
 
As before one word starts with the same characters as another whole word the shorter word comes first; แบกหาม comes after แบก.
แบกะดิน     6
213457
 
Compared with the previous word, the first difference is at character 4. This word's character 4 is ◌ะ . The previous word's character 4 is a consonant, . All vowels order after all consonants.

Where a consonant has two associated vowels, e.g. in เหิน, we consider the before vowel before the above vowel. So, for example, เหว orders before เหิน (character 3 being in the former and ◌ิ in the latter; consonants always order before vowels)

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