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It was published by the Royal Institute of Thailand in early 1917, when Thailand was called Siam. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It is used in road signs [ 5 ] [ 6 ] and government publications and is the closest method to a standard of transcription for Thai, but its use, even by the government, is inconsistent.
There are some Thai words which are transcribed into equivalent characters of Thai language e.g. format ฟอร์แมท (f-ฟ o-อ r-ร m-ม a-แ t-ต), lesbian เลสเบียน (l-ล e-เ s-ส b-บ ia-เอีย n-น) etc. These words are transcribed with rules made by the Royal Institute.
The Kra–Dai languages (/ ˈ k r ɑː. d aɪ / KRAH-dy, also known as Tai–Kadai / ˈ t aɪ. k ə ˌ d aɪ / TIE-kə-DYE and Daic / ˈ d aɪ. ɪ k / DYE-ik), are a language family in mainland Southeast Asia, southern China, and northeastern India. All languages in the family are tonal, including Thai and Lao, the national languages of ...
Idioms in the Thai language are usually derived from various natural or cultural references. Many include rhyming and/or alliteration, and their distinction from aphorisms and proverbs are not always clear. This is a list of such idioms.
Thai honorifics date back to the Sukhothai Kingdom, a period which lasted from 1238 to 1420 CE. [2] During the Sukhothai period, honorifics appeared in the form of kinship terms . [ 3 ] The Sukhothai period also saw the introduction of many Khmer and Pali loanwords to Thai.
The international standard ISO 11940 is a transliteration system, preserving all aspects of written Thai adding diacritics to the Roman letters. Its extension ISO 11940-2 defines a simplified transcription reflecting the spoken language. It is almost identical to RTGS. Libraries in English-speaking countries use the ALA-LC Romanization.
In Thai censuses, the four largest Tai-Kadai languages of Thailand (in order, Central Thai, Isan (majority Lao), [17] Kam Mueang, Pak Tai) are not provided as options for language or ethnic group. People stating such a language as a first language, including Lao, are allocated to 'Thai'. [ 18 ]
The Northern Thai language has various names in Northern Thai, Thai, and other Tai languages. In Northern Thai, it is commonly called kam mueang ( ᨣᩴᩤᨾᩮᩬᩥᨦ , /kām.mɯ̄aŋ/ , literally "city language"; cf. Standard Thai : คำเมือง /kʰām mɯ̄aŋ/ ), or phasa Lan Na ...