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Date: 2018-11-08

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Thai script

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The Thai alphabet (Thai: อักษรไทย; RTGS: akson thai;  [ʔàksɔ̌ːn tʰāj]  listen) is the abugida (alphasyllabary) used to write Thai, Southern Thai and many other languages spoken in Thailand. It has 44 consonant symbols (Thai: พยัญชนะ, phayanchana), 15 vowel symbols (Thai: สระ, sara) that combine with 28 vowel symbols and four tone diacritics (Thai: วรรณยุกต์ or วรรณยุต, wannayuk or wannayut) to create characters mostly representing syllables.
Although commonly referred to as the "Thai alphabet", the script is in fact not a true alphabet but an abugida, a writing system in which each consonant may invoke an inherent vowel sound. In the case of the Thai script this is an implied 'a' or 'o'. Consonants are written horizontally from left to right, with vowels arranged above, below, to the left, or to the right of the corresponding consonant, or in a combination of positions.
Thai has its own set of Thai numerals that are based on the Hindu-Arabic numeral system (Thai: เลขไทย, lek thai), but the standard western Hindu-Arabic numerals (Thai: เลขฮินดูอารบิก, lek hindu arabik) are mainly used except for government documents and the license plates of military vehicles.