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| หนังตะลุง คือ ศิลปะการแสดงประจำท้องถิ่นอย่างหนึ่งของภาคใต้ nangR dtaL loongM kheuuM sinR laH bpaL gaanM saL daaengM bpraL jamM thaawngH thinL yaangL neungL khaawngR phaakF dtaaiF |  |
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| Phonemic Thai | หฺนัง-ตะ-ลุง-คือ-สิน-ละ-ปะ-กาน-สะ-แดง-ปฺระ-จำ-ท้อง-ถิ่น-หฺย่าง-หฺนึ่ง-ของ-พาก-ต้าย |
| IPA | nǎŋ tàʔ luŋ kʰɯː sǐn lá pàʔ kaːn sà dɛːŋ pràʔ tɕam tʰɔ́ːŋ tʰìn jàːŋ nɯ̀ŋ kʰɔ̌ːŋ pʰâːk tâːj |
| Royal Thai General System | nang talung khue sinlapa kan sadaeng pracham thong thin yang nueng khong phak tai |
| [example sentence] | |||
| definition | "Shadow puppetry is a performance art form particular to Southern [Thailand]." | ||
| categories | |||
| components | หนังตะลุง  | nangR dtaL loongM | shadow puppet (made of buffalo hide which is beaten until it is transparent) |
 คือ | kheuuM | [copula] to be; (conjunction used for equivalence definitions) | |
| ศิลปะ [an alternate spelling or pronunciation] | sinR laH bpaL | [Sanskrit prefix or suffix meaning] artistic, [or pertaining to] art crafts | |
| การแสดง | gaanM saL daaengM | acting; demonstration; show; performance | |
| ประจำ | bpraL jamM | [is] assigned; permanently placed; constant; fixed | |
| ท้องถิ่น | thaawngH thinL | [is] local; indigenous; locality; district; area | |
| อย่างหนึ่ง | yaangL neungL | one of; a particular; a | |
| ของ | khaawngR | of; belonging to; that or those of; [a word used with a pronoun to indicate possesion, as in "John's truck"] | |
| ภาคใต้ | phaakF dtaaiF | the southern region of Thailand | |
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