,
),
and six more are never used to begin a word, leaving only 36.In the Thai alphabet, the consonants and vowels are grouped
separately. There are nominally 44 consonants, but two are
practically obsolete (,),
and six more are never used to begin a word, leaving only 36.
Following is a list of vowel sounds, represented by the vowel
marks (Sa-Ra) or vowel combinations (Sa-Ra-Pa-Som), with
"
" added, to show whether each vowel is placed
before, after, above, or below a consonant. Sometimes a hyphen
is added to represent a following consonant that must be present.
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4 levels |
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and different size of alphabet. |
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Wrong |
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Right |
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Using zerowidth character for above and below |
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Wan-Na-Yuk will be changed its position when combined with other character positioned at above. (For type writer Wan-Na-Yuk's position is always fixed to level 3) |
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Character at above will be shifted when combined with character that has some part above. |
 
| Some alphabet will be deform when combine with character positioned below. |
New Version in Postscript format
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for displaying |
| for printing |
#198 + #229
#186 + #218
" can be consonant
or vowel mark.
or
or
