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The Thai Writing System
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LIIIRIAS
HELMUT BUSKE VERLAG HAMBURG
TABLEOFCONTENTS
Abstract
Acknowledgements i*
List of Figures *v
PART ONE
INTRODUCTION
Chapter 1
WRITING SYSTEMS
Chapter 2
A BRIEF SKETCH OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE THAI LANGUAGE 6
2 1 The Nature and Development of the Thai Language 7
2 2 The Phonology 12
2 3 Writing Systems used by the Tai-Speaking
Populations 16
PART TWO
THE ANCIENT THAI WRITING SYSTEM
Chapter 3
THE ORTHOGRAPHY AND THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SUKHOTHAI SCRIPT
AND KING LI THAI SCRIPT 18
3 1 The Origin of the Oldest Known Thai Writing 18
3 2 Consonant Symbols 39
321 Epigraphic evidence showing the derivation
of the shapes of consonant symbols from
the cursive form of the Khmer alphabet 39
322A brief sketch of the phonetic interpretation
of a , «5 , (T1 , and T) through
historical spelling 44
323 Three syllabic consonant symbols, »
£ • 3 48
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324 The ways of writing syllable-initial
consonant sequences in the Sukhothai script 49
325 The advantage of writing syllable-initial
consonant sequences as ligatures 58
326 The way of writing syllable-final consonant
sequences 59
327 General remarks on uncertain spelling 60
3 3 Vocalic Symbols 61
331 Epigraphic evidence showing the derivation
of the shapes of vocalic symbols from the
cursive form of the Khmer alphabet 61
332 Notes on the vocalic symbol fi 69
333 Remarks on vowel length distinction in
ancient Thai 73
3 4 Tonal markers 74
341 The first two tonal markers in Thai 74
342 The place of a tonal marker in a syllable 75
3 5 Diacritics 77
3 6 Numerals 78
Chapter 4
THE ORTHOGRAPHY AND THE CHARACTERISTICS OF KING NARAI SCRIPT 80
4 1 Consonant Symbols 92
4 2 Vocalic Symbols 95
421A brief remark on a vocalic symbol 101
422 The use of a vowel-shortening symbol — 101
4 3 Tonal Markers 102
4 4 Diacritics and Numerals 102
Chapter 5
A PROPOSED REFORM OF THAI WRITING 105
5 1 Consonant Symbols 110
511 The ways of writing syllable-initial
consonant sequences 110
512 The ways of writing syllable-final
consonant sequences 111
5 2 Vocalic Symbols 112
521 Notes on the vocalic symbol -^ = o: 119
5 3 Tonal Markers 120
5 4 Numerals 121
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PART THREE
THE PRESENT THAI WRITING SYSTEM
Chapter 6
CONSONANT SYMBOLS 124
6 1 Li st of Forty-Four Thai Consonant Symbols and
their Names 124
6 2 The Three Tonal Classes of Consonant Symbols 131
6 3 Remarks on the Phonetic Interpretation of
and ™ 134
6 4 Two Syllabic Consonant Symbols 135
641 n 135
642 rp 136
Chapter 7
SYLLABLE-INITIAL CONSONANT SYMBOLS 137
7 1 Syllable-Initial Consonant Sequences 137
711 Syllable-initial consonant sequences
pronounced as consonant clusters 138
712 Syllable-initial consonant sequences
pronounced as single consonants 143
713 Syllable-initial consonant sequences
pronounced in two syllables with an
intervening unwritten vowel 150
Chapter 8
VOCALIC SYMBOLS 156
8 1 The Shapes of Vocalic Symbols and their Rules
of Orthography 156
8 2 Remarks on the Vowel /a/ 170
821 The choice of writing -£ for /a/ 170
822 The dual function of -172
8 3 Other Forms of Vocalic Symbols for /e/, /e/, /o/,
/ / and /o/ in a Syllable with a Final Consonant
Symbol 174
8 4 Notes on ** 180
8 5 Three Different Ways of Writing /-am/ 182
8 6 Unwritten -^ = o: 183
8 7 Four Different Ways of Writing /ai/ 186
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Chapter 9
SYLLABLE-FINAL CONSONANT SYMBOLS
9 1 Examples of having Different Consonant Symbols
to Represent the Same Sound in Syllable-Final
Position
9 2 SyTlable-Final Consonant Symbols with Silent
Vocalic Symbols
921A syllable-final consonant symbol with a
silent - = i
922A syllable-final consonant symbol with a
silent - = u
93 Cancellation of Syllable-Final Consonant Symbols
931 Cancellation of syllable-final consonant
symbols by means of a sound-killing
symbol —
932 Unmarked syllable-final silent consonant
symbol
933 Unmarked non-final silent consonant symbol
9 4 Double Functions of a Syllable-Final Consonant
Symbol
941 Double functions of a syllable-final
consonant symbol with the intrusion of
a linker syllable
942 Double functions of a syllable-final
cluster with the intrusion of a linker
syllable
943 Double functions of a syllable-final
consonant symbol without the intrusion of
a linker syllable
944 Double functions of a syllable-final ^
consonant symbol with a superscript -
={i or a subscript = u
Chapter 10
TONAL MARKERS
10 1 A Brief Sketch of Phonetic Properties of Tones
10 2 The Four Tonal Markers and their Names
10 3 The Tonal Values of Tonal Markers
10 4 Irregular Readings for Tones: Low Tone instead
of High/or Falling Tone
10 5 The Pairing of High and Low Consonants
10 5 1 Indication of tones by means of the
pairing of high and low consonants
10 5 2 The conversion of unpaired low consonants
into high consonants by means of the
leading high consonant /h/
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10 6 A Brief Sketch on how to Read the Tone of a
Syllable Initiated by Syllable-Initial
Consonant Sequences 242
10 7 Observations on Reading Vowel Length under
Different Tones and Different Types of Syllables 250
10 7 1 1— C3 for /e/ - /e:/ 251
10 72 ii—-C3 for/e/~/e:/ 253
10 73 — tlCj for /o/ ~ /o:/ 255
10 74 I—J for /eu/~ /e:u/ 258
10 75 U—T for /eu/~/e:u/ 258
10 7 6 —^y for /oi/~ /o: i/ 259
Chapter 11
PUNCTUATION, SPECIAL ORTHOGRAPHIC SYMBOLS, MATHEMATICAL
SYMBOLS, DISTINCTIVE TREATMENT OF WORDS, SPACES,
NUMERALS AND ABBREVIATIONS 261
11 1 Punctuation ^^^ 261
1111 - / ja?_ti?pW 261
11 1 2 • ^«wriTn /-ma?_hapApha ?vpha:k/ 261
11 13 jJ ^7 /-tfunAla?Vha:k/ 262
11 1 4 • /_?atAtha?*pha:k/ 262
11 15 : /_tCutvkhu:/ 263 , l,uJH — 11 16 ? Ut«TMW /_prat-sa?_ni:/ 263 VIM 11 17 ! * /-kt-sa?-tp3-ri:/ 264
11 1 8 ( /Ana?_kha?Al i ?_khit/ 264
11 19 ^^nK7- ?anAja? _pra?_ka:t/ 265 t*
11 2 Special Orthographic Symbols 265
11 2 1 2 7 /Ama:iAja?Amok/ 266
11 22 1 ? /-pai -ja:n no: M 266
11 23 /-pa|-ja:n jal/ 266
*/ 11 24 „ xawtfturtn /_bupVa? san-ja:/ 267 1 fj t
11 3 Mathematical Symbols 267
11 4 Distinctive Treatments of Words 268
11 5 Spaces 269
11 6 Numerals 271
11 7 Abbreviations 274
11 7 1 Titles before names 275
11 7 2 Academic Degrees 277
11 7 3 Time 278
11 7 4 Metric system 280
11 7 5 Names of the ministries, government
organizations, universities 281
11 7 6 Names of provinces 282
11 7 7 Miscellaneous abbreviations commonly used 283
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Chapter 12
WRITING STYLES 285
12 1 Typewritten Style
12 2 Handwritten Style
12 3 Printed Style
APPENDICES
Appendix 1
A BRIEF SURVEY OF EARLIER ATTEMPTS TO STUDY THE THAI
SCRIPT SINCE 1854 A D 301
Appendix 2
A POEM CONTAINING THE DESIGNATORY NAMES OF THE FORTY-FOUR
THAI CONSONANT SYMBOLS 310
2 1 The poem written in Thai in Careful Written Style 310
2 2 Transcription 311
2 3 Meaning 311
Appendix 3
THE GENERAL SYSTEM OF TRANSLITERATION OF THAI CHARACTERS
INTO ROMAN INVENTED BY THE THAI ROYAL ACADEMY 313
Appendix 4
NOTES ON THE TRANSLITERATION OF ENGLISH WORDS INTO THAI
CHARACTERS 317
Appendix 5
SUGGESTIONS ON USING THAI PHONETIC SYMBOLS IN TRANSCRIBING
THAI DIALECTS 328
List of names of inscriptions, engravings and ancient
documents presented in Part Two: The Ancient Thai
Writing System 333
Bibliography 336
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