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    This book is the first and only of its kind describing three Tai-Kadai languages comparatively in one book, using IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet).

Content of Thai-Isan-Lao Phrasebook:

Part I:    Phrases
 Part II:   Word lists
 Part III: Grammar by samples
 Part IV: Manuals in reading, writing, and tonal determination.
 Appendixes: Alphabets compared, linguistic history etc.

 Sound-tracks in 3 languages on CD-ROM read by local residents from Bangkok (Thai), Maha Sarakham (Isan), and Vientiane (Laos P.D.R) covering all texts in the book.
Format: MP3. Duration: 6 hours.


Price (incl. CD): 925 Baht

A-4   332 pages   ISBN 974-7534-88-6   First edition: October 2001

Available at the publisher, White Lotus, 11/2 Soi 58, Sukhumvit Road, Bangkok 10250, Thailand - who also ships abroad
for conditions and prices, see White Lotus Publishing House or .../ New Books.
 


 

  Content of this web-site
Page 1 Index page.
Page 2 Introduction: Front page, introduction, content.
Page 3 Texts: Shopping, Learning by Oneself, etc.
Page 4 Wordlists: Menu-card, people, etc.
Page 5 Grammar: Present-Past-Future, adjectives, classifiers, etc.
Page 6 Writing Manuals: Thai consonants, Lao vowels, Isan clusters, etc.
Page 7 Appendixes: Comparing Lao and Thai consonants and vowels, etc.
Page 8 Link page: Literature and web-sites

 

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     As the Thai and Lao public have shown great interest in the book, but are scared by the price, I hope to be able to write a special edition aimed at this target group in 2004:
Thai-Isan-Lao Phrasebook without phonetics
     And without CD. But with explanations in English, Thai and Lao on how to determine the tone of a given word linguistically correct.
     The author is presently looking for sponsorship for such an edition. If sold for a non-profit price around 200-300 bath, the local public could afford buying it. Proposals for sponsorship are warmly wellcomed!
     It must be emphasized that neither of the books are textbooks for learning English! And there will be no phonetics in Thai or Lao letters to the English text. If there should be phonetics to English, IPA should be used, as the Thai and Lao alphabets are not suitable to fully describe the English language.

Asger Mollerup

macsida@hotmail.com

Lundingsgade 24

8000 Aarhus C.

Denmark

9 September 2003

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