What tone is สวัสดี (satti) in Thai?

สวัสดี (pronounced sawatdi) has 2 syllables. Each syllable has its own tone determined by Thai orthographic rules. Thai does not have significant tone sandhi - each syllable's tone is determined independently.

How many syllables does สวัสดี have?

สวัสดี (satti) has 2 syllables in Thai.

What is the romanization of สวัสดี?

สวัสดี is romanized as satti in RTGS (Royal Thai General System). The phonetic pronunciation is sawatdi.

สวัสดี

sawatdi · RTGS: satti

Syllables

ส low

ด mid

Thai has minimal tone sandhi — each syllable's tone is independent.

Syllable 1: ส (sawat) — low tone

Initial

ส

Class

High-class

Mark

None

Syllable

dead

High + Dead (long) = Low

Syllable 2: ด (di) — mid tone

Initial

ด

Class

Mid-class

Mark

None

Syllable

live

Mid + Live (no mark) = Mid

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