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Thai is a language spoken by approximately 65 million people primarily in Thailand but also in other countries like Laos, Singapore, the UAE, and the US. It is closely related to Lao and dialects in northern Thailand are largely mutually intelligible with Lao spoken in northern Thailand. The Thai alphabet was developed in the 13th century and is used to write Thai, Sanskrit, Pali, and several minority languages spoken in Thailand. It is a syllabic alphabet with 44 consonants that each have an inherent vowel of [o] or [a] and additional vowels and diphthongs are indicated by diacritics placed before, above, below, or after the consonants.

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Everyday Thai Language School Bangkok.20140827.105439

Thai is a language spoken by approximately 65 million people primarily in Thailand but also in other countries like Laos, Singapore, the UAE, and the US. It is closely related to Lao and dialects in northern Thailand are largely mutually intelligible with Lao spoken in northern Thailand. The Thai alphabet was developed in the 13th century and is used to write Thai, Sanskrit, Pali, and several minority languages spoken in Thailand. It is a syllabic alphabet with 44 consonants that each have an inherent vowel of [o] or [a] and additional vowels and diphthongs are indicated by diacritics placed before, above, below, or after the consonants.

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Thai can be a Tai-Kadai vocabulary voiced by concerning 65 thousand persons mostly
throughout Thailand (), and as well inside Midway Islands, Singapore, the actual UAE and
also the US

Thai can be directly linked to Lao, and upper dialects connected with Thai are usually
approximately mutually intelligible with Lao, particularly the Lao talked throughout upper
Thailand. Thai vocab contains several phrases from Pali, Sanskrit as well as Older Khmer.

Thai alphabet ()
The particular Thai alphabet was possibly produced from, or perhaps a minimum of swayed
simply by, the Previous Khmer alphabet. As outlined by traditions it had been made inside
1283 by simply Master Ramkhamhaeng ().

The particular Thai alphabet is employed to create Thai, Sanskrit, Pali, and several minority
'languages' been vocal in Thailand.

Noteworthy functions
Kind of publishing method: syllabic alphabet composed of forty-four standard consonants,
every single with an built in vowel: [o] in medial position and [a] within last situation. The [a] is
usually present in terms associated with Sanskrit, Pali or maybe Khmer source as you move
the [o] can be found indigenous Thai phrases. The 16 different vowels in addition to 6
diphthongs usually are advised employing diacritics which usually look before, previously
mentioned, under involving as soon as the consonants many people adjust.
Direction regarding composing: left for you to appropriate in side to side collections.
8 of the characters are widely-used only reserved for producing phrases connected with Pali
as well as Sanskrit source.
For most consonants you can find many correspondence. Formerly they manifested different
looks, but over the years the particular variance in between individuals sounds had been
missing along with the characters were utilized alternatively to point shades.
Thai is really a tonal dialect along with 5 hues. The particular sculpt of any syllable is
determined by a combination of the course involving consonant, the syllable (open or maybe
closed), the particular firmness sign and the length of the vowel. More details.
You can find not any spots in between words, instead places within a Thai text show the
finish of any clause as well as sentence in your essay.

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