Intermediate Phonetics

This lesson demonstrates how Thai consonants can make different sounds depending on if they are at the start or end of a syllable.

Thai uses five distinct tones, flat, low, high, rising and falling. Four tone markers are used above consonants to represent tones, but to determine the correct tone you must use the tone marker in combination with the class (mid, low, high) of the consonant. This lesson builds familiarity with the five tones and each consonant class is explored further in the subsequent lessons.

This exercise explores the mid, low, falling, high and rising tones with mid-class consonants อ ก จ ด.

This exercise explores the mid, low, falling, high and rising tones with mid-class consonants ต บ ป.

This exercise explores the mid, falling and high tones with low-class consonants น ม ง ร.

This exercise explores the mid, falling and high tones with low-class consonants ล ย ว ค.

This exercise explores the mid, falling and high tones with low-consonants ช ท พ ฟ.

This exercise explores the rising, low and falling tones with high-class consonants ข ฉ ถ ผ.

This exercise explores the rising, low and falling tones with high-class consonants ฝ ศ ษ ส.