A1
Vowel System
สระ
About this concept
32 vowel symbols forming 18 vowel phonemes: short/long pairs (อะ/อา, อิ/อี, อุ/อู). Vowels written above, below, before, or after consonants. Complex placement rules.
In Settemila Lingue, this concept generates a practice deck of ~40 cards at level A1.
Examples
อะ (short a) vs อา (long a)short vs long vowel
เ-ือ [ʉa] as in 'เสือ'tiger (diphthong)
เ-ีย [ia] as in 'เรียน'to study (diphthong)
แ- [ɛ] as in 'แม่'mother (long vowel)
Prerequisite
Thai AlphabetA1More A1 concepts
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