Southern Thai Language
Southern Thai or Dambro (Thai: ภาษาไทยใต้, ; Thai: ภาษาตามโพร, ) is a Tai language spoken in the 14 changwat of Southern Thailand as well as by small communities in the northernmost Malaysian states. It is spoken by roughly five million people, and as a second language by the 1.5 million speakers of Patani Malay and other ethnic groups such as the local Thai Chinese communities, Negritos, and other tribal groups. Most speakers are also fluent or understand the standard Thai language.
Read more about Southern Thai Language: Distribution, History, Differences From Standard Thai
Famous quotes containing the words southern and/or language:
“I think those Southern writers [William Faulkner, Carson McCullers] have analyzed very carefully the buildup in the South of a special consciousness brought about by the self- condemnation resulting from slavery, the humiliation following the War Between the States and the hope, sometimes expressed timidly, for redemption.”
—Jimmy Carter (James Earl Carter, Jr.)
“Great literature is simply language charged with meaning to the utmost possible degree.”
—Ezra Pound (1885–1972)