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Technical reference manuał for the standardization of geographical names

Thai

The United Nations recommended system was flrst approved in 1967 (resolution 1/14), based on the ified generał system of the Royal Institute of Thailand. The table and notes on its application published in vol. II of the conference reports³⁷. A revised version of the system was officially orsed by the govemment of Thailand in 2000. This was approved at the Eighth United Nations ference for the Standardization of Geographical Names in Berlin, 2002, based on a document itted by Thailand³⁸.

Thai uses an alphasyllabic script. In Thai writing word division is not ordinarily indicated ch may complicate the romanization. The romanization system is not reversible to its original pt form.

Romanization

Thai characters are romanized in two ways depending on whether they denote syllable-initials or able-finals. The romanization of syllable-finals is indicated in parentheses.

k(k)	8 U ch (t)	'«9 d (0	20 fl d (t)	26 U b (p)	34 0 y	38 ff S (t)
kh (k)	9$ ch(t)	>5 a t w	21 to t (t)	27 lJ p (p)	35 7 r (n)	39 S (t)
kh (k)	10 ch (t)	is S th (t)	22 0 th (t)	28 W ph (p)	36 0 1 (n)	40 Of S (t)
kh(k)	n s(t)	17 nth.dCt)	23 VI th (t)^A	29 pJ f (p)	37 1 w	41 >1 h
kh (k)	12 OJ ch (t)	18 fti th (t)	24 fi th (t)	30 YJ ph (p)		42 W 1 (n)
kh (k)	13 ty y (n)	i9 OJ n (n)	25 M n (n)	31 Vl f (p)		43 9 0^B

32    fl ph (p)

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33    U m (m)

mbination VII is romanized s if so pronounced.

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alic nuclei and special characters (• stands for any consonant character) •Z a    3    ^#77* a    s ^#77 an    i

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ited Nations Conference on the Standardization of Geographical Names. Geneva, 4-22 September 1967. Vol. II. edings of the Conference and technical papers, pp. 122-123.

ciples of Romanization for Thai Script by Transcription Method. Eighth United Nations Conference on the dization of Geographical Names. Berlin, 27 August - 5 September 2002. Document E/CONF.94/INF.41.

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