The final two tone marks are ◌๊ and ◌๋. ◌๊ always produces a high tone (e.g. โจ๊ก/cóok/, rice porridge);
◌๋ always produces a rising tone (e.g. ตั๋ว/tǔa/, ticket). This completes our tone rule table:
Class
Live
Dead
◌่
◌้
◌๊
◌๋
Short Vowel
Long Vowel
High
Rising
Low
Low
Low
Falling
High
Rising
Middle
Mid
Low
Low
Low
Falling
High
Rising
Low
Mid
High
Falling
Falling
High
High
Rising
Now try reading these words. (As you'll probably notice, almost all of them are loan words from other languages.
These two tone marks were specifically invented to allow foreign words which don't match the native Thai
tone system.)
โอ๊ก\/óok/\oak\1^
เปี๊ยก\/píak/\tiny\1^
กรี๊ด\/kríit/\to scream\1^
โอ๊ต\/óot/\oat\1^
รถจิ๊ป\/rótˑcíp/\jeep\1^
ขงจื๊อ\/khǒŋˑcʉ́ʉ/\Confucius\1^
เป๊ก\/péek/\peg\1^
กระเจี๊ยว\/kràˑcíaw/\penis\1^
กุ๊ก\/kúk/\cook\1^
ปลั๊ก\/plák/\plug\1^
เฉาก๊วย\/chǎwˑkûay/\a kind of black, Chinese vegetable jelly,\1^
บุ๊ค\/búk/\book\1^
กระจุ๊บ\/kràˑcúp/\lamp holder\1^
ตุ๊ด\/tút/\homosexual\1^
แก๊ส\/kɛ́ɛt/\gas (e.g. hydrogen)\1^
ปั๊ม\/pám/\pump\1^
เพลงแจ๊ส\/phleeŋˑcɛ́ɛt/\jazz music\1^
ผมเป๋\/phǒmˑpěe/\parted hair\1^
ตัวเก๋า\/tuaˑkǎw/\veteran\1^
กระเป๋า\/kràˑpǎw/\bag\1^
เป๋\/pěe/\slanted\1^
ปุ๋ยคอก\/pǔyˑkhɔ̂ɔk/\manure\1^
ป๋อ\/pɔ̌ɔ/\to strut\1^
ตั๋วรถไฟ\/tǔaˑrótˑfay/\train ticket\1^
รอเดี๋ยว\/rɔɔˑdǐaw/\Wait a moment!\1^
จ๋า\/cǎa/\yes\1^
โก๋\/kǒo/\kind of Chinese pancake made of rice flour\1^
ปูจ๋า\/puuˑcǎa/\name of a Thai dish made of blue crab whose meat is cooked in its own shell\1^
ลูกเต๋า\/lûukˑtǎw/\dice\1^
ดำปี๋\/damˑpǐi/\jet−black\1^
ดำปื๋อ\/damˑpʉ̌ʉ/\jet−black\1^
ปุ๋ยเคมี\/pǔyˑkheeˑmii/\chemical fertilizer\1^
เป๋อ\/pə̌ə/\absent−minded\1^
ตุ๋น\/tǔn/\steamed\1^
Writing
Start by drawing the loop clockwise.
Start by drawing the vertical line downwards, then the horizontal one, left to right.