THE COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE SIMILARITY OF VOCABULARY BETWEEN CANTONESE AND THAI
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This article aimed to conduct a comparative study of the same and similar words between Cantonese, also known as the “Sam Yup accent” and Thai language. Through a comparative analysis, words were chosen from both languages that had the same meaning and sound. The data used in this study came from a survey of 1,000 Chinese dialect words, which were used to record the pronunciation of four Chinese participants
of Thai Cantonese descent. Then, they were compared with the sounds in the Thai words.
The study showed that from a survey of 1000 words in the dialects as the main object, it was found that Cantonese also known as the “Sam Yup accent” and Thai had five words with the same sound and meaning, and there were 49 words with similar sounds and same meaning. Thus, it could be seen that some words in these two languages were closely related and were not considered to be borrowed words from each other. This study focused on showing the deep connection between Cantonese and Thai, so to provide a relevant
reference for the teaching of Cantonese in Thailand.
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