Vowels
Most Thai vowels have two versions, short and long. Short vowels are clipped and cut off at the end. Long ones are drawn out. We show short vowels with a single letter and long vowels with double letters.a like a in Alaska fan - teeth
aa like a in father maa - come
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i like i in tip sip - ten
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ii like ee in see sii - four
u like oo in boot khun - you
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uu like u in ruler suun - zero
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ü like u in ruler but with a smile nüng - one
üü like ü but longer müü - hand
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e like e in pet set - finish
ee like a in pale phleeng - song
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ä like a in cat lä - and
ää like a in sad dääng - red
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ö like er in teacher lö - dirty
without the r sound
öö like ö but longer djöö - meet
o like o in note djon - poor
oo like o in go djoon - robber
ว like au in caught gว - island
วว like o in go nววn - sleep
ia bia - beer
ua tua - body
üa rüa - boat
au mau - drunk
ai pai - go
am tham - do
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