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A small vertical stroke above a Thai consonant.
Also known as: Thai tone mark one, Small stroke above thai, Thai tone marker, First Thai tone mark
Mai ek is one of four Thai tone marks, and the tone it produces is not fixed — it depends on the class of the consonant it sits on and whether the syllable is live or dead. The same mark on two different consonants gives two different tones.
Denotes a Thai tone mark placed above a consonant.
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Does not fix a tone by itself: the resulting tone depends on the consonant class and the syllable type, so the same mark yields different tones in different words.
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Belongs to a set of four tone marks in a language with five tones, the fifth arising from consonant class and syllable structure without any mark.
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A short vertical stroke placed above a Thai consonant, to the right of any vowel sign already above it.