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Southern Thai

Southern Thai is a Tai-Kadai language spoken in Thailand, Myanmar, and Malaysia, by about 4.5 million people.

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Southern Thai · 6.9°N 99.7°E

Southern Thai (ภาษาไทยถิ่นใต้ [pʰaːsǎː tʰaj tʰìn tâːj]), also known as Dambro (ภาษาตามโพร [pʰaːsǎː taːm pʰroː]), Pak Tai (ภาษาปักษ์ใต้ [pʰaːsǎː pàk tâːj]), or "Southern language" (ภาษาใต้ [pʰaːsǎː tâːj]), is a Southwestern Tai ethnolinguistic identity and language spoken in southern Thailand, as well as by small communities in the northernmost states of Malaysia. It is spoken by roughly five million people and as a second language by the 1.5 million speakers of Pattani and other ethnic groups such as the local Peranakan communities, Negritos and other tribal groups. Most speakers are also fluent in or understand the Central Thai dialects.

From Wikipedia · Southern Thai language · CC BY-SA 4.0

Words in Southern Thai

MeaningWordRomanization
personkhon*
nameCh3*
eyeta*
earhu*
nosemuk*
toothfan*
tonguelin*
handm3*
bloodl3at*
boneduk*
skinnaN*
kneekhaw*
breastna7ok*
livertap*
waterหน่ามnàam
firekhway*
sunwan*
stardaw*
stonehin*
mountainkhaw*
treetonmay*
leafhamay*
nightklaNkh3n*
dogma*
fishpa*
lousehaw*
onen3N*
twosoN*
IChan*
youth3*

* in the simplified ASJP transcription

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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.

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