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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

• The paper should be submitted to the Editorial Board in three copies
3. The consonant letters ศ and ษ represent the same consonant as the letter
ส and the letter ฬ is the same as the letter ล
and an electronic file as a text file (e.g. doc).
• Figures should be numbered and stored in separate files with legends
In all 53 consonant letters when depicted, 13 duplicate sounds will leave 40
included in the main text file.
letters which is a similar number to consonants in the past.

• Either English or American spelling can be used but should be
consistent for the entire article.
Famous comparative linguists such as Fang Kuei Li (1977) and J. Marvin Brown
(1985: 103-5) have reconstructed initial consonant sounds in Proto-Thai using
Article Structure
different sets of data and have achieved similar results. Li (1977: 255-7)
Each article should contain the following :
• Title
reconstructed 38 initial consonants excluding the cluster ones and to Brown (1985:
• Short title for page headings
7
103-5) it is 37. The initial consonants in Proto-Thai that both linguists reconstructed
• Authors and their affiliations
can be used as representative of ancient Thai consonants. Now we will have the
ratio of consonant letters to consonants as 40 to 37 or 40 to 38. At this point two
• A concise abstract (not more than 300 words)
questions arise:
• Key words
• Main text divided into sections e.g. Introduction, Materials and
Methods, Results and Conclusion
• References (of all articles cited in the text)
Question 1: According to Li (1977), what do the 38 initial consonants sound
• Table and Figure captions (numbered in sequence as they appear in
like? And each was represented by what letter?
the text)
The table below shows pairing between consonant letters and consonants in
Abstract
ancient Thai. All the sounds are represented by the International Phonetic Alphabet

The abstract should be concise and informative, not more than 300 words.

(IPA) but some symbols may be modified for better understanding. For readers who
It should not only indicate the general scope of the article but also state the main

are not linguists, please notice that a different symbol means a different sound.
results and conclusions.
Only sounds that appeared in ancient Thai will be marked with an asterisk (*). The
Ethical Guidelines
consonant letters that were invented to completely write or record Pali and
Experimental investigation papers must state in the Materials and
Sanskrit but which duplicates the same consonant as other consonant letters are in
Methods section that
parentheses. Meanwhile, ด and บ which represented the consonants * d and * b in


1) informed consent was obtained from all adult participants and from

the past, including หย and ฮ, are highlighted for later explanation due to their

parents or legal guardians of minors, including the name of the appropriate
complication.
institutional review board having approved the project;
2) the maintenance and care of experimental animals comply with the
Thai National Institute of Health Guidelines for the humane use of laboratory
animals or the equivalent country authority or agency;
3) approval is obtained from the relevant ethical committee.
5 The recent reconstruction was done by Pittayawat Pittayaporn (2006: 69-70) who postulated 36 initial
consonants, a less number than those proposed by Li (1977: 255-7) and Brown (1985: 103-5)

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