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| ประชากรโลกกว่า สองพันห้าร้อยล้านคน กำลังเสี่ยงอยู่กับพิษร้ายของสารดีดีที bpraL chaaM gaawnM lo:hkF gwaaL saawngR phanM haaF raawyH laanH khohnM gamM langM siiangL yuuL gapL phitH raaiH khaawngR saanR deeM deeM theeM |  |
| pronunciation guide | |
| Phonemic Thai | ปฺระ-ชา-กอน-โลก-กฺว่า-สอง-พัน-ฮ่า-ร้อย-ล้าน-คน-กำ-ลัง-เสี่ยง-หฺยู่-กับ-พิด-ร้าย-ของ-สาน-ดี-ดี-ที |
| IPA | pràʔ tɕʰaː kɔːn lôːk kwàː sɔ̌ːŋ pʰan hâː rɔ́ːj láːn kʰon kam laŋ sìːaŋ jùː kàp pʰít ráːj kʰɔ̌ːŋ sǎːn diː diː tʰiː |
| Royal Thai General System | prachakon lok kwa song phan ha roi lan khon kamlang siang yu kap phit rai khong san di di thi |
| [example sentence] | |||
| definition | "More than two and a half billion people are at risk from the highly toxic DDT." | ||
| components | ประชากร  | bpraL chaaM gaawnM | population; a people; citizen |
 โลก  | lo:hkF | the planet Earth | |
| กว่า | gwaaL | [suffix used for comparisons] than; more; -er | |
สองพัน | saawngR phanM | two-thousand (2,000) | |
| ห้าร้อย | haaF raawyH | five hundred | |
| ล้าน | laanH | million; the number one million (1,000,000) | |
| คน | khohnM | [numerical classifier for a person or occupation] | |
| กำลัง | gamM langM | [auxiliary verb indicating the present participle, meaning "in the act of" or "in the process of", similar to the English suffix, "-ing"] | |
| เสี่ยง | siiangL | to risk; gamble; take a chance; estimate | |
| อยู่ | yuuL | [marker indicating the progressive or perfect aspect] | |
| กับ | gapL | with; to; for | |
| พิษร้าย | phitH raaiH | highly toxic chemical; poison | |
| ของ | khaawngR | of; belonging to; that or those of; [a word used with a pronoun to indicate possesion, as in "John's truck"] | |
| สาร | saanR | [chemistry] a (physical) substance; essence; chemical | |
| ดีดีที | deeM deeM theeM | [Thai transcription of the foreign loanword, "D.D.T."] | |
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