Reading and Writing Thai

alphabetical order carries a tonal chapter 12 closed syllable compound vocalic compound words considered as dipthong consonant alphabetical consonant ending consonant groupings consonant phones dead endings dead syllables dipthong and vowel dipthongs and tripthongs directly followed Examples EXERCISE ANSWER falling tone final position G1 or G2 G3 initials high tone hyphen initial consonant initial position kroot KUKRIT PRAMOJ letter alphabet Live ending live syllable loanwords Long Vocalic low tone middle tone never occurs occurs in syllable-final open syllables ɔɔ paragraph phonetic symbol phonetic transcription phonetic value position is usually predisposed vocalics RARE REMARK sà?rà short inherent vowel short vowel silence marker silent sonorants syllable-final position syllable-initial position syllable-medial position Thai alphabet Thai language Thailand thɔɔ tonal marker tone rules usually pronounced usually read vocalic phones word-initial position written vocalic ทหาร นำ เรือ สระ