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Thursday, 4 December 2008

กัณฐชะ kaNThya the throat/velars

กัณฐชะ

กัณฐ-, กัณฐา[กันถะ-] (แบบ) น. คอ. (ป.).

กัณฐชะ (ไว) น. อักษรในภาษาบาลีและสันสกฤต

ที่มีเสียงเกิดจากเพดานอ่อน ได้แก่ พยัญชนะวรรค กคือ ก ข ค ฆ ง

และอักษรที่มีเสียงเกิดจากเส้นเสียงในลำคอ ได้แก่ ห และ สระ อะ อา.

(ป.; ส. กณฺ?วฺย).

kaNThya mfn. being at or in the throat VS. xxxix , 9 Sus3r. ii , 130 , 13 ; suitable to the throat Sus3r. ; belonging to the throat , pronounced from the throat , guttural (as sounds ; they are , according to the Pra1tis3a1khyas , %{a} , %{A} , %{h} , and the Jihva1mu1li1ya [or Visarjani1ya] ; according to the Comm. on Pa1n2. 1-1 , 9 , %{a} , %{A} , %{k} , %{kh} , %{g} , %{gh} , %{G} and %{h} ; according to Vop. also %{e}) ; m. a guttural sound or letter Pa1rGr2.

The velars:

ข ฃ ค ฅ

/kə/; English: skip

/kʰə/; English: cat

/gə/; English: game

/gʱə/; somewhat similar to English: doghouse

/ŋə/; English: ring

Sunday, 30 November 2008

Saturday, 29 November 2008

Thai Key Boards




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Kikiat offline virtual keyboard (in "alphabetic" order)
Wandel Hansenonline virtual keyboard (
in "alphabetic" order)
hippogo (according to the keyboard layout as shown above)

Friday, 15 August 2008

Resources on Thai word origin and usage




The title means '5 Minutes of Thai Language'. This series is up to volume 9 now. I own 3 and 5, I believe. They consist of transcripts from Prof. Chamnong's long-running five-minute radio show of the same name. I'm not sure if it's still on the air, but I don't think so.
A fellow of the Royal Institute who has held pretty much every position of leadership in that organization over the years. The good professor is in his seventies, but still active at the Royal Institute, as far as I know. I interviewed him for my senior thesis back in 2005.
About 150 transcripts are freely available on Prof. Chamnong's website (note: that link goes to page 1 of 3, so be sure not to miss the full set of available articles). I believe this represents the full contents of vol. 3, possibly more.

Sunday, 13 July 2008

Dek keng

On the site Dekgeng some interesting lessons are offered: