Thai Tone Lookup

Enter any Thai word to discover its tone and learn the orthographic rules that determine it.

สวัสดี

sawatdi

2 Syllables
ส low
ด mid

Syllable 1: ส sawat

low Tone
Initial
ส
Class
High-class
Tone Mark
None
Syllable
dead
High + Dead (long) = Low

Syllable 2: ด di

mid Tone
Initial
ด
Class
Mid-class
Tone Mark
None
Syllable
live
Mid + Live (no mark) = Mid
Unlike some tonal languages, Thai has minimal tone sandhi. Each syllable's tone is determined independently by its spelling.

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