Compound Words and Final Consonant /-k/ in Thai-Khamti and Thai-Phuan

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Wilaisak Kingkham

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          Formation of compound word in Tai Khamti language and Thai Phuan language consists of noun simple word followed by noun and verb. Formation of noun followed by noun was mostly found in such the two languages. Formation of word by using prefixes, suffixes and agama to compose as Standard Thai was not found, except Thai Phuan word that borrowed word from Standard Thai. Regarding the final consonant /-k/ as the spelling consonant of word, it was found in Tai Khamti language, but it was not found in Thai Phuan language. It will correspond to /-?/.


 

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Kingkham, W. (2019). Compound Words and Final Consonant /-k/ in Thai-Khamti and Thai-Phuan. Wiwitwannasan Journal of Language and Culture, 3(3), 63–80. Retrieved from https://so06.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/wiwitwannasan/article/view/215683
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