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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.

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2 modules 15 lessons 10 enrolled ~11h of material
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

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.