Thai Language Lessons: Thai Vowels, Part 1

This lesson is the first of two lessons teaching the Thai vowels. This installment introduces the sounds of the vowels, and how vowel formations change based on where they appear in a word. Some rare and seldom used vowels are included for the sake of completeness. Part two will give example words using the vowels used in this lesson.

On a side note, please note that I am not a native Thai speaker, so my pronunciation may be a little "off key". I'm a Thai language student who has been learning Thai by myself for the last five years, and am making these videos to teach others in a manner that I found helpful for my own learning. I've found that it much harder to pronounce some of these odd vowels (and tones) properly on cue and slowly, as needed to make a video like this. So please bear this in mind when viewing my videos.

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• thai
• language
• learn
• instruction
• alphabet
• letters
• vowel
• vowels
• sounds
• tones

[urahihChalotte]

I'm Thai but I think Thai language is hardest to learn. XD

[aomenz]

เราจำสระไม่ครบทุกตัวจริงๆ T^T

ก-ฮ ท่องได้นะ แต่จะวนไปวนมาอยู่นั้นแหละ ไม่ลง ฮ ซักที

This is very difficult.

Who sells chicken eggs? = ใคร ขาย ไข่ ไก่? >> kai kai kai kai ?

[vkkmenon1]

Well... Thai directly took the Sanskrit word for vowel "Swara" and corrupted it to "Sara"... I didn't know that...

Btw, the vowels r, rr, lr, lrr have become obsolete or has lost its original pronounciation in almost all Indian languages...

[bphongsavath]

Great teaching! By the way.

[bphongsavath]

Oh my! My brain hurts. Don't if I will make it pass the Third day. Before I give up.

[Jucymoo5]

@llMichiyoll wow realy I think you need to learn and study more on it so you can remember it forever. Like me I'm not thai but I know some Thai alphabet and some vowels I think I'm lucky for knowing that na. Don't worry okay if you really try heard and I know you know all of this.

[tohaovershell]

Thai is so hard, ahhhg.

[sgisi414]

@selenolic98 use the pause button

[TunnLyTunnBam]

@aomenz O.O god

[llMichiyoll]

I'm Thai but I can remember just alphabet, I still can't remember the vowels all. Sometimes Thai people have a problem about spelling b/c the alphabets (the vowels as well) are very similiar.

[nereid111]

Aow! So so hard. How can I memorize those words. omg!

[myrddinistheshit]

how many distinct vowels are in thai?