Thai Tone Lookup

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

มา

mid Tone
Initial
ม
Class
Low-class
Tone Mark
None
Syllable
live
Tone Rule
Low + Live (no mark) = Mid

Low-class consonants in live syllables without a tone mark produce Mid tone, same as mid-class consonants.

What is a live syllable?

Live syllable (ends with a vowel or sonorant consonant like m, n, ng)

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