Learn the Thai alphabet and read Thai
44 consonants, the vowels that wrap around them and the five tones they make. One letter at a time, a few minutes a day. No vocab lists, no grammar drills, just the Thai script, until street signs stop looking like squiggles.
Every Thai consonant and vowel has its own page with the shape, the sound, the class and how to write it, stroke by stroke.
Thai tones follow rules, not luck. Consonant class, vowel length, live or dead syllable and the tone mark decide them. Learn the order and you can work out any syllable.
Then words, sentences and short texts made only of letters you already know, so every single one is readable.
Why start with the Thai script?
Most apps teach you a few phrases and leave you guessing at every menu. In Thailand, menus, shop signs, food stalls and bus stops are written in Thai script, and plenty of them come without a word of English. Once you can read, every walk turns into free practice.
And Thai tones aren’t a lottery. They follow from the letter’s class, the vowel and the tone mark. That’s why you learn tones together with the letters here, not as an afterthought.
Three quick quizzes on the Thai consonants
Classic asks for a letter’s name, Classes for its class, Endings for the sound it makes at the end of a syllable. With guided learning on you only get letters you’ve already unlocked, so no ฎ ambush on day one.
Read a Thai word, type what it says
No options to lean on. You decode the word yourself and type it in Latin letters. We’re easy on spelling, so a missing accent never costs you an answer you really got right.
Build the Thai tone, don’t cram it
The tone game gives you a word and you fill in every link of the chain (consonant class, vowel length, live or dead syllable and tone mark) and finally the tone itself. Anything wrong turns red, so you see exactly where it went sideways.
Browse the Thai alphabet chart and every letter page without an account. Practice just needs a free one.
Set a daily goal and keep your streak going. Busy day? A streak protection has your back.
Add friends, peek at their streaks and keep each other going.