This document introduces eight Thai letters in non-alphabetical order according to the Manee and Friends curriculum published by the Thai Ministry of Education. It provides the name, meaning, and phonetic sounds of the initial and final consonants for the letters for "horse" and "mouse", and the mid-class consonants and meanings for "egg", "child", and "turtle". It also introduces the mid-class consonant and long vowel for "basin", and the long vowels for letters representing the long "a" and long "ee" sounds.

1. THE FIRST
EIGHT
LETTERS

2. Welcome!
•Now we are going to learn eight
Thai letters.
•They are not in alphabetical order.
•They follow the order of Manee and
Friends published by the Thai
Ministry of Education.
•I hope you enjoy yourselves and
learn something!

3. Low Class Consonant
Name
Thai: English: mor maa Meaning:
horse
Sounds
Initial: m. Final: m.

4. Low Class Consonant
Name
Thai: English: nor nu Meaning: mouse
Sounds
Initial: n. Final: n.

5. Mid Class Consonant
Name
Thai: English: gor gai Meaning: egg
Sounds
Initial: g. Final: un-aspirated k.

6. Mid Class Consonant
Name
Thai: English: do dek Meaning: child
Sounds
Initial: d. Final: un-aspirated t.

7. Mid Class Consonant
Name
Thai: English: to tao Meaning: turtle
Sounds
Initial: un-aspirated t. Final: un-aspitated t.

8. Mid Class Consonant / Long Vowel
Name
Thai: English: or ang Meaning: basin
Sounds
Consonant: silent/glottal stop. Vowel: or as in ‘or’.

9. Long Vowel
Name
Thai: English: sara aa
Sounds
Sound: long a. Like: ‘a’ in father.

10. Long Vowel
Name
Thai: English: sara ee
Sounds
Sound: long ee. Like: ‘ee’ in see.