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THAI TONES: A CONCISE GUIDE - Coggle Diagram

- - - - ALIVE
        characteristics:
        • a syllable is alive when it ends with
        (1) a long vowel or (2) long hummable consonants sounds m, n, ng, and the sound ʔ (อ)
        
        STEP 3.
        
        LOOK TO THE
        CONSONANT CLASS
        
        UPPER
        
        Rising ◌
        
        MIDDLE
        
        Mid ◌
        
        LOWER
        
        Mid ◌
      - DEAD
        characteristics:
        • a syllable is dead when it ends with
        (1) a short vowel or (2) a short plosive sound as in k, p, t, or the vowel ʔ (อ)
        
        STEP 3.
        
        LOOK TO THE
        CONSONANT CLASS
        
        LOWER
        
        STEP 4.
        
        ends with a long vowel in front of
        k, p, t, ʔ
        
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        High ◌
        
        UPPER
        
        Low ◌
        
        MIDDLE
        
        Low ◌
  - - - LOOK TO THE
        CONSONANT CLASS
        
        MIDDLE
        
        Mid ◌
        
        Low ่
        
        Falling ้
        
        High ๊
        
        1 more item...
        
        LOWER
        
        Mid ◌
        
        Low - n/a
        
        Falling ่
        
        High ้
        
        1 more item...
        
        UPPER
        
        Flat - n/a
        
        Low ่
        
        Falling ้
        
        High - n/a
        
        1 more item...