01OVERVIEW
Front Matter
SCRIPT · PROFILE
Thai Script
Created in 1283 by King Ramkhamhaeng of the Sukhothai kingdom, based on the Khmer script.
Created in 1283 by King Ramkhamhaeng of the Sukhothai kingdom, based on the Khmer script. A complex abugida with 44 consonants, 32 vowel symbols, and a 5-tone marking system. Thailand is one of the only Southeast Asian nations never colonized, and its distinct script is a symbol of that independence. Currently used by ~60 million people.
04SPECIMEN
The Letters
Signs · Unicode · TypesSample GlyphsClick to copy
Glyph evolution
Form change over time
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06MECHANICS
Reading Mechanics
Direction · Method↔
Direction
Left to Right (LTR)
Left to right, without spaces between words.
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System
Abugida
⌨
Input method
Direct Unicode input
Keyboard layout
Standard IME · input chart
Thai Keyboard (Kedmanee Layout)
Standardized Thai Kedmanee layout (1967). Mixed consonants and vowels.
ๆ
ไ
ำ
พ
ะ
ั
ี
ร
น
ย
ฟ
ห
ก
ด
เ
้
่
า
ส
ว
ผ
ป
แ
อ
ิ
ื
ท
ม
ใ
space
⌫
💡 Thai has 44 consonants, 15 vowel symbols, and 4 tone marks.
07LINEAGE
The Lineage
Family · DescendantsPhylogeny
Ancestors & descendants
Phylogeny
Related scripts
Ancestors · Descendants · Family
08REACH