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Interested in learning Thai? We've collected some free, not so free, and completely commercial resources that should help you on your path to becoming comfortable in the Thai language.

Learn Thai with Bon - Bon is Thai but her command of English is fantastic which makes her ability to teach native English speakers nuances of the Thai language very unique. She has produced a few videos on YouTube and had a website but unfortunately hasn't done much updating recently.

Women Learn Thai is a great little blog about learning the Thail language.

AUA videos to help you learn Thai.

Thai for Lovers provides lots of useful romantic phrases.

Digital Dialects provides some games that aim to teach you some basic Thai.

Google Translate is a fantastic tool. While it's easy to find the flaws in translations the truth is that the grammer and vocabulary between most western languages and Thai is too great to expect a piece of software to figure out. Google does a pretty good job though and you can get a good idea of what was written.

Learning Thai Podcast provides some quality Thai lessons.

Thai Alphabet

How to Learn Thai has produced an excellent set of Thai consonant and vowel flashcards that we've seen available at places like Asia Books.

The Thai Alphabet is a entertaining little animated video on YouTube that follows a poem that all Thai school children learn.

EasyThaiAlphabet.com is a software download that has some good following for the fast results.

iPad / iPhone Software

Paiboon Publishing's paper dictionary has been a favorite of people trying to learn Thai for a long time. Now it's available for the iPhone/iPad.

Windows Software

Speak Easy Thai is a great little Windows software learning aid that combines pictures and words to help you get those essential Thai words in your vocabulary.

Other Resources

Do you have any websites, software, or tools you can recommend? Tell us about them in the comments below.