History
Thai is the official language of Thailand and the mother tongue of the Thai people.Thai language is a language in Tai. Which are subsets of the Tai Group Language. Assume that the language in this group originated from Southern China. And some linguists propose that Thai would be associated with Austro – Asiatic Language group , Austro language group and Chinese – Tibet language group.
Thai language has sound level surely just like Chinese. And vote separately verbatim. Pronunciation tones and spelling are complicated. In addition to official languages. Thailand also has been used Thai local.
The word Thai means freedom or independence is a meaningful one great big because the independence will have more power, Stronger To prevent aggression from the enemy. Although this word is like a form borrowed from Pali and Sanskrit but in fact, this term is caused by a genuine Thai words that trigger a process.
Based on folklore Thais are a nation that respected Pali, the language recorded teachings of the Buddha Dhamma language is sacred and auspicious. When Thai people want to name country ‘Tai’ (ไท) then add an ‘ย’ changing to ‘Thai’ (ไทย), Similar to the Pali and Sanskrit word for the auspicious beliefs by their Thai language means the freedom of the Thai race.
Sound System
Thai Sound System is divided into three parts.
Consonants
Vowels
Consonants
Phonetic alphabets consonant sounds in Thai (Sound Variation) is 21 audio and 44 charactor
Vowel
Vowels in Thai is divided into three types:
Single vowel
Single vowel is at the base of a single base. There are 18 sound
Combined vowel
Combined vowel is arising from two sound of single vowel mix together, moving tongue from high level to lower, therefore one that can be called ‘slide vowel’.
Extra vowel
Extra vowel is the vowel sound with consonant.
Tones
There are five of Thai tones.
- Common tones (mid sound)
- First tone (bass tone)
- Second tone (high-bass tone)
- Third tone (mid-high tone or only high)
- Fouth tone (bass-semi high tone)
Writing System
The Thai Writing system is very confusing when one is beginning to learn Thai. Besides the letters, which are a challenge in themselves without a cohesive memory system to tackle them, the whole visual impact of written Thai can be overwhelming at first. This stems largely from the fact that there are no spaces between the words in thai sentences – likethisifitwereenglish!!
It takes time to decipher such a garble of Thai letters, and requires a familiarisation with the vocabulary. It’s then that you’ll be able to find the boundaries between one word and the next. Once you can pick out the individual words, things become a lot simpler.
The initial step however is to recognise the letters, this will proove invaluable to you in grasping the Thai language and culture – otherwise you’re blind to every road-sign, every newspaper, even the simplest of warning signs are incomprehensible. Once you can recognise the letters, you will begin to acquire vocabulary and a familiarisation with the language at every opportunity.
Every sign you see, every letter you catch sight of, will re-inforce your initial grasp of the letters and sounds. Your mind will begin to automatically recognise the thai letters, once you get that initial foot-hold on the language. Then through repetition and constant exposure to thai symbols, letters and numbers, you will begin to automatically process the letters with little or no effort.
That’s all summary of
Thai language.
