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The International Journal of the Royal Society of Thailand
The International Journal of the Royal Society of Thailand
Volume XIII – 2021
Volume XII, 2020

Table 3: The three classes of Thai consonant letters
• The paper should be submitted to the Editorial Board in three copies

and an electronic file as a text file (e.g. doc).
Low-2
Mid
High-1
Low-1
High-2
• Figures should be numbered and stored in separate files with legends
included in the main text file. 4 5 6
3
1
2
• Either English or American spelling can be used but should be
V ก ข (ฃ) ค (ฅ) ฆ ง (หง)
consistent for the entire article.
P จ ฉ ช (ซ) ฌ ญ (หญ)
ฒ
ฑ
R (ฎ) ฏ ฐ Article Structure ณ
Each article should contain the following :
(ด) ต
D • Title ถ ท ธ น (หน)
(บ) ป
พ (ฟ)
ผ (ฝ)
L • Short title for page headings ภ ม (หม)
S • Authors and their affiliations ย ร ล ว (หย หร หล หว)
• A concise abstract (not more than 300 words)
F • Key words ศ ษ ส
ฬ
ห
M • Main text divided into sections e.g. Introduction, Materials and
(อ)
(ฮ)
G Methods, Results and Conclusion
• References (of all articles cited in the text)
(อย)
• Table and Figure captions (numbered in sequence as they appear in
the text)
Abstract
To understand the tone system which corresponds to the writing system,
both Thai and foreign students must recognize the classification of each consonant
The abstract should be concise and informative, not more than 300 words.

It should not only indicate the general scope of the article but also state the main
letters correctly. In most cases they have to remember it in the most illogical way.
results and conclusions.
Most Thai instructors teach their students the ridiculous mnemonic sentence for
remembering the letters in the Mid Class: ไก่ (chicken)-จิก (peck)-เฎ็ก (children)-ฏาย
Ethical Guidelines
(die)-เด็ก (children)-ตาย (die)-บน (on)-ปาก (mouth)-โอ่ง (water-jar). As a matter of
Experimental investigation papers must state in the Materials and

Methods section that
fact, if you know how Indian scholars order and classify Sanskrit phonology, you
1) informed consent was obtained from all adult participants and from
will be able to easily recognize the group of every Thai consonant letter classes.
parents or legal guardians of minors, including the name of the appropriate
To remember all three Thai consonant letter classes, you should consider
institutional review board having approved the project;
2) the maintenance and care of experimental animals comply with the
their sounds which are 21 in number. You get 7 sounds in each group evenly in a

Thai National Institute of Health Guidelines for the humane use of laboratory
7-7-7 system. Each class can consist of different numbers of consonant letters and
animals or the equivalent country authority or agency;
has different manners of articulation as follows:
3) approval is obtained from the relevant ethical committee.

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