Thai script

High school (ages 12+)
People & Society

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

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Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the writing system type?Abugida, characterized by consonant symbols with inherent vowels modified by diacritics
2. What is the number of consonants?44 consonant symbols

Abugida: A writing system where consonant glyphs carry an inherent vowel, which can be modified by diacritical marks.
Diacritic: A grapheme added to a letter to alter its pronunciation, meaning, or tone, such as tone marks or vowel modifiers.
Tonal Language: A language in which the pitch of a word's pronunciation is phonemically distinctive, affecting its lexical meaning.
Brahmic Scripts: A family of abugidas and alphasyllabaries originating from the Brahmi script of ancient India.