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| แต่เดิมมาการเขียนคำไทยก็มิได้ใช้รูปวรรณยุกต์ ซึ่งอาจจะเป็นเพราะอักษรไทยดัดแปลงมาจากอักษรขอมโบราณและอักษรมอญโบราณ อักษรชุดดังกล่าวพัฒนามาจากอักษรเทวนาครีของแขกอีกทีหนึ่ง dtaaeL deermM maaM gaanM khiianR khamM thaiM gaawF miH daiF chaiH ruupF wanM naH yookH seungF aatL jaL bpenM phrawH akL saawnR thaiM datL bplaaengM maaM jaakL akL saawnR khaawmR bo:hM raanM laeH akL saawnR maawnM bo:hM raanM akL saawnR chootH dangM glaaoL phatH thaH naaM maaM jaakL akL saawnR thaehM waH naaM khaH reeM khaawngR khaaekL eekL theeM neungL |  |
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| Phonemic Thai | แต่-เดิม-มา-กาน-เขียน-คำ-ไท-ก้อ-มิ-ได้-ไช้-รูบ-วัน-นะ-ยุก-ซึ่ง-อาด-จะ-เป็น-เพฺราะ-อัก-สอน-ไท-ดัด-แปฺลง-มา-จาก-อัก-สอน-ขอม-โบ-ราน-และ-อัก-สอน-มอน-โบ-ราน-อัก-สอน-ชุด-ดัง-กฺล่าว-พัด-ทะ-นา-มา-จาก-อัก-สอน-เท-วะ-นา-คะ-รี-ของ-แขก-อีก-ที-หฺนึ่ง |
| IPA | tɛ̀ː dɤːm maː kaːn kʰǐːan kʰam tʰaj kɔ̂ː míʔ dâj tɕʰáj rûːp wan ná júk sɯ̂ŋ ʔàːt tɕàʔ pen pʰrɔ́ʔ ʔàk sɔ̌ːn tʰaj dàt plɛːŋ maː tɕàːk ʔàk sɔ̌ːn kʰɔ̌ːm boː raːn lɛ́ʔ ʔàk sɔ̌ːn mɔːn boː raːn ʔàk sɔ̌ːn tɕʰút daŋ klàːw pʰát tʰá naː maː tɕàːk ʔàk sɔ̌ːn tʰeː wá naː kʰá riː kʰɔ̌ːŋ kʰɛ̀ːk ʔìːk tʰiː nɯ̀ŋ |
| Royal Thai General System | tae doem ma kan khian kham thai ko mi dai chai rup wanna yuk sueng at cha pen phro akson thai dat plaeng ma chak akson khom boran lae akson mon boran akson chut dang klao phatthana ma chak akson thewanakhari khong khaek ik thi nueng |
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| definition | "Originally, Thai writing did not utilize tone marks. This might have been because Thai orthography was derived from ancient Khmer and ancient Mon. These orthographies, in turn, were derived from the Indian Devanagari script." | ||
| components | แต่เดิม  | dtaaeL deermM | at first |
| มา | maaM | [aspect marker indicating past or present perfect tense (continuity from the past)] | |
| การเขียน | gaanM khiianR | [the activity of] writing | |
 คำ | khamM | word; term; discourse | |
| ไทย | thaiM | Thai; of or pertaining to Thailand | |
| ก็ | gaawF | also; too; as well; well...; [suggestion] should... | |
| มิได้ | miH daiF | cannot; do not; have not; is not; does not, etc. | |
| ใช้ | chaiH | to use, employ, exploit an object; utilize; resort to; implement | |
| รูป | ruupF | shape; form; contour; appearance; similarity-to | |
| วรรณยุกต์ | wanM naH yookH | the four Thai tone marks: (อ่) (อ้) (อ๊) (อ๋) | |
| ซึ่ง | seungF | [the relative pronouns] that; which | |
| อาจจะ | aatL jaL | [auxiliary verb combination] may (possibility); might; maybe; perhaps will; probably; possibly | |
| เป็น | bpenM | to be; <subject> is | |
| เพราะ | phrawH | because; because of; due to; owing to | |
| อักษรไทย | akL saawnR thaiM | the Thai alphabet | |
| ดัดแปลง | datL bplaaengM | to convert; alter; modify; [of clothing or a building] to make alterations; [of wood] to build | |
| มาจาก | maaM jaakL | to come from | |
| อักษร | akL saawnR | alphabet; [of the alphabet:] letter; character; glyph; word; sound; vowels; consonants | |
| ขอม | khaawmR | Khmer; the language and civilization of เขมร | |
| โบราณ | bo:hM raanM | [is] ancient; obsolete; outdated; old-fashioned | |
| และ | laeH | and | |
| อักษร | akL saawnR | alphabet; [of the alphabet:] letter; character; glyph; word; sound; vowels; consonants | |
| มอญ | maawnM | Mon, Pegu, Peguan; an ethnic group of Burma and Thailand | |
| โบราณ | bo:hM raanM | [is] ancient; obsolete; outdated; old-fashioned | |
| อักษร | akL saawnR | alphabet; [of the alphabet:] letter; character; glyph; word; sound; vowels; consonants | |
| ชุด | chootH | set; collection; kit, a collection of items for a specific purpose | |
| ดังกล่าว | dangM glaaoL | as I said; as stated; the aforementioned | |
| พัฒนา | phatH thaH naaM | to develop | |
| มาจาก | maaM jaakL | to come from | |
| อักษร | akL saawnR | alphabet; [of the alphabet:] letter; character; glyph; word; sound; vowels; consonants | |
| เทวนาครี | thaehM waH naaM khaH reeM | Devanagari; characters used to write Sanskrit | |
| ของ | khaawngR | of; belonging to; that or those of; [a word used with a pronoun to indicate possesion, as in "John's truck"] | |
| แขก | khaaekL | person or people of south- or southwest-Asian descent (Indian, Persian, Arab, etc.) | |
| อีกทีหนึ่ง | eekL theeM neungL | once more; once again | |
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