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Thai from Zero: Script & Tones (L1)

CEFR A1 · Five tones, forty-four consonants sorted into three classes, and a script written without spaces between words. The tone rules are the hardest part — and they are rules, not memorisation.

Professional electiveBeginnerThaiCertificateAligned: CEFR level A1
2 modules 15 lessons 14 enrolled ~11h of material

First three lessons free. Full access with Karka Pass from ₹49 for 7 days (7 days ₹49 · 30 days ₹199 · 1 year ₹1,999).

Thai from Zero: Script & Tones (L1)

By the end

What you'll build

  • Produce and hear the five Thai tones
  • Recognise the three consonant classes and why they matter
  • Calculate a syllable's tone from consonant class, vowel length and tone mark
  • Read Thai vowels, including those written before, above and around the consonant
  • Find word boundaries in text written without spaces
  • Read simple Thai aloud with correct tones

Curriculum

What's inside

2 modules · 15 lessons

  1. 01

    The Five Tones and the Script

    8 lessons
    • Find Your Level — Read This First
    • Find Your Level — 5-Minute Placement Checkquiz
    • Welcome — Tones, and a Script That Calculates Them
    • The Five Tonespronunciation card
    • Listening: Hearing the Five Toneslistening lab
    • + 3 more lessons
  2. 02

    Vowels, Word Boundaries and Reading

    7 lessons
    • Vowels Written All Around the Consonant
    • Reading Thai Wordslipi type
    • Word Power: Your First Twelve Wordsword power
    • Reading Rulesfill blank
    • Speaking Lab: Read a Thai Menuspeaking lab
    • + 2 more lessons

The shape of it

How this course works

Short lessons

15 lessons across 2 modules, each small enough to finish in one sitting.

Practice as you go

Every lesson ends with a small space for what you noticed — the doing is the learning.

A certificate at the end

Finish the course and earn a certificate anyone can verify with a link.

Ready when you are.

Make an account and this course opens up — your progress is saved from the very first lesson.