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

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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????"  :tongue:

 

 

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.

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