English-speaking footballer trapped in Tham Luang cave is academic polymath, says teacher

[EricTh]

On 7/5/2018 at 9:17 PM, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

Well, I'd say the answer as to why this kid apparently has excellent language/English proficiency skills is pretty apparent -- he's not actually a Thai teenager, but rather, from a hill tribe family living in Myanmar (his particular tribe having their historical roots in China). 

 

All the actual Thai teenagers in the cave were probably saying (in Thai)... "Huh????" 

 

 

As reported in the news, he's ethnic Akha which means his ancestors came from China before moving to Myanmar.

 

Akha is a Sino-Tibetan tribe.

Edited July 13, 2018 by EricTh