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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
This phenomenon indicates that in ancient Thai, vowels like /e-e, -, -,
o-o, -/ are merely variations. The Short-Long vowel
and an electronic file as a text file (e.g. doc). is not a distinctive feature,
• Figures should be numbered and stored in separate files with legends

corresponding to Li’s reconstruction in which Proto-Southwestern Thai vowels only
included in the main text file.
depicted 4 pairs of short-long. These are /i-i, -, u-u, a-a/. The rest of the
• Either English or American spelling can be used but should be
vowels can only be reconstructed as short vowels such as /e, o/ and some of them
consistent for the entire article.
as only long vowels such as /, /. Li did not reconstruct // and //. All the
vowels that Li (1977: 300-1) reconstructed are as follows:
Article Structure
Each article should contain the following :
• Title
Table 15: Proto Tai vowels reconstructed by Li (1977: 300-1)
• Short title for page headings
• Authors and their affiliations
u-u
-
i-i
• A concise abstract (not more than 300 words)
• Key words e - o
• Main text divided into sections e.g. Introduction, Materials and


a-a
Methods, Results and Conclusion
• References (of all articles cited in the text)
Without dividing groups of short-longs vowels /e-e, -, -, -/, in the
• Table and Figure captions (numbered in sequence as they appear in
the text)
Thai writing system, when adding final consonants suggests that the process of
Abstract
development of Thai short and long monophthongs is still an ongoing process. As
The abstract should be concise and informative, not more than 300 words.

long as it is not completed, the writing system itself will still not be perfect. For
It should not only indicate the general scope of the article but also state the main
people who used the Thai language as their mother tongue, this may go unnoticed
results and conclusions.
but foreigners may be faced with some of the most uncomfortable comprehension;
the most obvious example is the word งอน, with the same form of writing, when
Ethical Guidelines
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meaning ‘curve up’, it will be pronounced as long sound /ŋn / but when meaning

Experimental investigation papers must state in the Materials and
Methods section that 0
‘touchy’, it will be pronounced as short vowel /ŋn /.
1) informed consent was obtained from all adult participants and from
parents or legal guardians of minors, including the name of the appropriate
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.

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