Audio Available For The 540 Basic Words

[Gaccha]

The Japanese have done it again:

A book with the basic 540 words with variations in Issan, Chiang Mai, South Thai spelt out in Thai for each one, transliterated into the International Phonetic Alphabet with the correct accents and an audio provided for every single one. All have a slow version and then a normal speed version.

It says it is aimed at intermediate and above who are interested in understanding the variations. The foreign text is Japanese but then you won't need it because you can already read the Standard Thai.

Nice.

According to a rating in Amazon Japan it is the first time ever that the four dialects have been collected together like this. Its rating in Amazon is 5 stars.

You can buy it at Kinokuniya CentralWorld-- there are about 10 copies.

The books name is 超基礎 タイ単語540　+チェンマイ語、イサーン語、南タイ語

or "The very basic 540 words plus Chiang Mai, Issan and Southern Thai"

...it costs about 550 baht

Edited February 10, 2009 by Gaccha