The Easiest Way to Learn the Thai Vowels - By Stuart Jay Raj

The Easiest Way to Learn the Thai Vowels - By Stuart Jay Raj

I encourage people learning Thai to master the vowel sounds and shapes from as early as possible. Even if you don’t know the consonant shapes, you can ‘clip’ the Thai vowel frames around even English consonants and start reading words in a ‘Pseudo-Thai’, ‘Abugida’ style which will quickly train you to see syllable blocks even before you master the whole alphabet.

In this clip I present the Thai vowels in their original ‘Tai’ system. It’s a beautiful, elegant system that perfectly fits the same map of the human mouth that the Thai consonants are based on.

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3 BASIC DEGREES


Short
Long
Stretchy
Back / Open Throat
a -ะ
a: -า
a: -า

Back / Closed Throat
ɯ อึ
ɯ: อือ
ɯ:ə เอือ

Mid / Closed Throat
i อิ
i: อี
i:ə เอีย

Lips / Open Throat
u อุ
u: อู
u:ə อัว

OPEN
Short
Long
ɔ เอาะ
ɔ: ออ

ə เออะ
ə: เออ

o โอะ
o: โอ

PALATE
Short / Long

æ แอะ
æ: แอ

e เอะ
e: เอ

Note:
อำ [am] is the nasal version of อะ (อั) [a]
and
เอา [au] is traditionally the extended version of โอ o:

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