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	Thai language, alphabet and pronunciation
		The Thai alphabet was probably derived from, or at least influenced by, the Old Khmer alphabet.
		Thai is a tonal language with 5 tones.
		The tone of a syllable is determined by a combination of the class of consonant, the type of syllable (open or closed), the tone marker and the length of the vowel.
	www.omniglot.com /writing/thai.htm (445 words)

	Learning Thai the Easy Way
		All of these free lessons and resources are supported by Buy Thai Books.
		That is a waste of time because Thai is a tonal language.
		Through the eyes and words of a Thai teenager, visit his home and school and go with him to his local temple and on holidays around Thailand.
	www.learningthai.com (588 words)

	Thai Recipes Kitchen / ImportFood.com
		Thai vegetarian coconut soup with galanga and squash
		Thai curried crab claws, "Bu pad phong kari"
		Thai Sticky Rice with Mango, "Khao Neeo Mamuang"
	www.importfood.com /recipes.html (820 words)

	Thai Recipes Kitchen / ImportFood.com
		Thai vegetarian coconut soup with galanga and squash
		Thai curried crab claws, "Bu pad phong kari"
		Thai Sticky Rice with Mango, "Khao Neeo Mamuang"
	importfood.com /recipes.html (809 words)

	Thai
		Thai (also known as Siamese) is a member of the Southwestern branch of the Tai-Kadai language family.
		Thai is an analytic language which means that it does not use inflections to represent grammatical relations, such as case, gender, number or tense.
		Thai is considered to be a Category II language in terms of difficulty for speakers of English.
	www.nvtc.gov /lotw/months/may/Thai.html (1450 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Business \| Thai markets remaining volatile
		The size of the reaction shocked Thai authorities and in an effort to halt the slump, Finance Minister Pridiyathorn Devakula said on Wednesday that foreigners would be able to trade equities free of the restrictions.
		The Thai baht fell to 36.42 against the US dollar on Thursday, trimming its gains for the year to 12%.
		Thai officials have said that they want to see the baht trading no stronger than 35 against the dollar.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/business/6199439.stm (593 words)

	Thai language at AllExperts
		The Thai language (, transcription: phasa thai;), is the national and official language of Thailand and the mother tongue of the Thai people, Thailand's dominant ethnic group.
		Thai is a member of the Tai group of the Tai-Kadai language family.
		Khorat Thai is spoken by about 400,000 (1984) in Nakhon Ratchasima; it occupies a linguistic position somewhere between Central Thai and Isan on a dialect continuum, and may be considered a variant or dialect of either.
	en.allexperts.com /e/t/th/thai_language.htm (1693 words)

	Ancient Scripts: Thai
		The Thai script is a syllabic alphabet based on the Brahmi script adapted to write the Thai or Siamese language.
		However, unlike other related scripts which usually use a mark to indicate that the inherent vowel is not pronounced, Thai does not make use of this mark, so often it becomes somewhat confusing to the beginning learner as to which letter's inherent vowels should be pronounced and which shouldn't be.
		Thai is a tonal language, meaning that in the pitch just as important to the correct pronunciation of the syllable as its sounds.
	www.ancientscripts.com /thai.html (666 words)

	OHCHR: Thai () - Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Site not responding. Last check: )
		It is a member of the Sino-Tibetan family of languages (Thai group), which means that it is distantly related to Chinese.
		There are Central, North-eastern, Northern and Southern Thai varieties in Thailand, though Central Thai is regarded as the standard and used both in schools and for official purposes throughout the country.
		The origin of the Thai alphabet is obscure, but it is believed to have had its origin in southern India.
	www.unhchr.ch /udhr/lang/thj.htm (168 words)

	LA Weekly
		Crisp-skinned Thai sour sausages are served with fried peanuts and raw cabbage; beef jerky is fried to a tooth-wrenching chaw.
		Rod-Ded is well-known in the Thai community for its pungent bowls of duck noodle soup, as well as for a delicious dish of stewed pork leg with homemade pickles and the crustiest, most delicious fried bananas you have ever tasted.
		Sunshine’s golden fish is an extraordinary dish, slabs of whitefish fried in the manner of Thai fish cakes and served with a salad of shredded mango.
	www.laweekly.com /index.php?option=com_lsd&task=food&attr=Thai&Itemid=110 (1928 words)

	Thai Music, Thai Lyrics and Thai Songs - Learn Thai through music
		This web site is for people who want to learn Thai through music.
		You now have a choice between ethaimusic.com and top10thaimusic.com to listen to Thai music.
		We are proud that people from over 100 countries around the world enjoy listening to Thai music on our web site.
	www.ethaimusic.com (291 words)

	Diverse and charming Thai to die for
		Thai Cuisine is the joint venture of the musically-named mother/daughter team of Thongsook Phonsopon and Usa "Lisa" Jirachertchoo-wong, who came to Pittsburgh from Los Angeles -- a city where the Thai competition is fierce -- and opened their restaurant July 12, 2001.
		Inside, Thai Me Up resembles the kitchen of your friend the art student: The walls are each painted a different rich hue of goldenrod or crimson, and the mix-and-match chairs are spindly, fun and comfortable.
		Thai Me Up Tofu tofu, crisped in oil until it forms a light skin, is topped with thick peanut sauce and served on a bed of iceberg lettuce, which is a nice antidote to the richness of the sauce.
	www.post-gazette.com /dining/20030124thaidinp1.asp (1904 words)

	Thai Thai
		Thai Thai's food is vibrantly fresh, deeply flavored and proudly showcases Southeast Asian ingredients: lemongrass, and lots of it, galangal (Thai ginger), coconut milk, salty fish sauce and fiery chiles.
		The ubiquitous pad Thai and fried rice are served in hefty portions as are a couple of other options with various ingredients, including pineapple fried rice (kaow pad sapparod, $12.95) with your choice of protein, dried cranberries and tomatoes.
		We opt for the house specialty Thai Thai chicken ($13.95), a sliced grilled chicken breast bathed in a thick red curry/coconut milk/peanut butter sauce.
	www.azcentral.com /rsslinks/214615 (747 words)

	Thai Recipes Home Style from Temple of Thai
		Thai taste can be defined as the use of all 5 flavors: spicy, sweet, salty, bitter and sour.
		Most of the Thai recipes here are not elaborate but good useful everyday food that can be prepared with a reasonable expenditure of time and labor.
		There are many variations of any one Thai recipe, it depends on the cook, the season, the availability of ingredients, and the region.
	www.templeofthai.com /recipes (374 words)

	Thai (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Thai (Siamese) is the national language of Thailand.
		It is spoken by almost 100 per cent of the population, classified as belonging to a Chinese-Thai branch of the Sino-Tibetan family.
		There are over 25,000,000 speakers of the Thai language.
	www.flw.com /languages/thai.htm (56 words)

	Thailand: Regional Specialties
		Thai cuisine is really better described as four regional cuisines corresponding to the four main regions of the country.
		Like Vietnamese food, Thai food uses fresh (rather than dried) herbs and spices as well as the ingredient found in almost all Thai dishes and every region of the country: nam pla, a very aromatic and strong tasting fish sauce.
		These recipes were considered secrets not to be known outside of the court, but in recent decades the art of Royal Thai cuisine has been rediscovered by a few chefs, primarily in Bangkok.
	www.globalgourmet.com /destinations/thailand/thairegi.html (768 words)

	Thai Cuisine News
		Thursday, March 08, 2007 Asian restaurant to branch out A LOCAL restaurateur specializing in authentic Thai food is contemplating on opening another Asian cuisine restaurant this year.
		Lemon Grass, a Lao and Thai food restaurant, is expected to open this week in the former location of the closed Belwood French Bakery, 12871 University Ave.
		Thai cooking instructor Chang Mulijan, right, observes as his foreign students cook chicken green curry during a class at the Blue Elephant cooking school in Bangkok, Thailand.
	www.topix.net /food/thai (585 words)

	Thai Recipes - Asian - All Recipes
		Steak is marinated in Thai seasonings and grilled as desired.
		Galangal and Kaffir lime leaves are combined with coconut milk and shrimp to create a delicious Thai soup.
		Thai cooks use quick preparations like stir-frying, blanching, poaching and parboiling to emphasize the freshness of choice ingredients.
	allrecipes.com /Recipes/World-Cuisine/Asia/Thailand/Main.aspx (344 words)

	Catch22inc Authentic Thai Recipes Colonel Ian Khuntilanont-Philpott Authentic Thai Recipes from Muoi Khuntilanont Thai ... (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Thoughout the recipes are notes on the fundamentals of Thai cooking and Thai ingredients with cooking and preparation tips, ingredient substitutions, cooking techniques, cooking methods and recipe variations from Colonel Ian Khuntilanont-Philpott Thai recipes.
		Most Recipes are in their Thai names, I have also added some in English to assist if your unfamilar with the Thai name.
		Thai food main dishes include favourites such as Pad Thai, Chicken with lemon grass, Beef stir fried with Holy Basil, Satay chicken, Thai spring rolls and Thai sweet chili sauce for dipping.
	www.users.bigpond.com /catch22inc/rcpthaiposts.html (1631 words)

	Thai Super Bargains, Thai Dictionary, Thai ESL-English as Second Language, Thai Handheld Dictionary, Thai Keyboard ...
		Thai is spoken by over 85 percent of the population of Thailand, or about 50 million people.
		It is closer, however, to Lao, spoken in Laos, and to the Shan language of northern Burma.
		It consists of forty-four consonants and thirty-two vowels, the latter consisting not of an individual letter, but of a mark written above, below, before, or after the consonant with which it is pronounced.
	www.worldlanguage.com /Languages/Thai.htm (286 words)

	How and why to learn Thai
		Being an Asian language, and being quite difficult, Thai should be very chic in the west, but not many non-Thais speak the language unless they are married to a Thai or of Thai descent.
		And finally, there are five tones in Thai, an aspect found in several Asian and African languages that often confuses learners.There is also a distinction of live and dead syllables pertaining to certain consonants which is difficult to grasp.
		Thai System of Writing, by Mary R. 1971, she is also the editor of the best Thai dictionary available for learners (see below).
	www.micheloud.com /FXM/LA/la/thai.htm (643 words)

	Thai Airways International : Airline Ticket Reservations
		THAI gives you the chance to see more of Thailand by offering a special pass that entitles you to fly to three cities for only US$ 199
		THAI Receives “Best South-East Asian Airline” TTG Travel Award
		To speed up your departure at all THAI check-in online stations
	www.thaiair.com (151 words)

	Thai Recipes (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Thais believe that food should be so beautifully cut beforehand that a knife is not necessary.
		It is adapted from "Thai Vegetarian Cooking" by Vatcharin Bhumichitr.
		Red Thai curry paste is pretty hot so I start with a small amount and add more if needed.
	www.recipezaar.com /recipes/thai (674 words)

	Thai Language - Learn to Read Thai
		When most people see a Thai book or newspaper for the first time they are amazed and puzzled by the strange letters and no gaps between the words.
		There are 44 consonants in the Thai alphabet but you will be happy to know that th
		There are hundreds of more resources for reading Thai in the Thai Resource Center.
	www.learningthai.com /thai_alphabet.html (313 words)

	Ethnologue report for language code:tha
		Metrical foot structure in Thai and Kayah Li: Optimality-theoretic studies in the prosody of two southeast Asian languages.
		"The emergence of the length distinction in the mid-front vowels ‘e-ee’ in Thai."
		Saurman, Mary E. "The agreement of Thai speech tones and melodic pitches."
	www.ethnologue.com /show_language.asp?code=tha (279 words)

	Free Thai fonts for download
		To read webpages or emails written in Thai or to be able to type Thai, you will need to install the Thai font on your computer.
		Below we have a collection of basic Thai fonts that can be downloaded and used free of charge.
		An example of each of the fonts is shown, which is the Thai word sawat-dee (hello/goodbye).
	www.into-asia.com /thai_language/thaifont (251 words)

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