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The Precise System of Transliteration of Thai was introduced in 1939 as a fuller version of the Royal Thai General System of Transcription (RTGS). Whereas the RTGS does not show tones or vowel length, the Precise System is intended to show tones and indicate unpronounced letters[1]. It is therefore a combined transcription and transliteration[citation needed].
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It is not clear from [1] whether tones should always be marked. In the first two groups of words transliterated, tones are not marked:
Thai script | As in definition | With tones marked |
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กษัตริย์ | kăṣăt(triy) | kẵṣẵt(trĭy) |
ประกาศ | prăkat(ś) | prẵḥkãt(sʹ) |
ราชบุรี | Rat(ch)bŭri | Ràt(cʽ)bŭ̃ri |
Now, it may be relevant that there are no tone marks and the tone rules work smoothly. Alternatively, given the discrepancy in the transliteration of ราชบุรี, the examples may simple be inept.
In the second group, which is intended to demonstrate the use of a 'hyphen' to show syllable divisions, tones are mostly marked.
Thai script | As in definition | With tones marked |
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สอิ้ง | să-ĭ̀ng | sẵ-ĭ̀ng |
ปากลัด | pãk-lã̂t | pãk-lã̂t |
Is this sʹ as in the table or ś as in the example and in IAST? Griswold uses ś in his examples.[2]
Both สุด and สุต transliterate to sŭ̃tǃ
It is not clear how these are to be transliterated. Griswold offers two examplesː[2]
nă̂kʽǫn(r) ś(r)í thʽă(rr)mmâràt(cʽ) for นครศรีธรรมราช
ẵyŭ̂t(thʽ)ă̂ya for อยุธยา
The first method is not invertible, for consider krŏmmă̂hãttʽăiy for กรมมหาดไทย and krŏmmă̂tʽà for กรมท่า. In the first case, Thai has double ม, while in the second case, there is only a sinɡle ม.
The second case is contrary to the principle of transliterating syllable by syllable, but would work in most cases.
A further literature search is needed to determine if this issue has been resolved.
This appears to be a valid interpretation. The combination –อร does not occur in Thai with the transliteration ǫn(r),[citation needed] so the combination is invertible.
Recovering เสน่ห์ from sẵnẽ(h) takes some ɡymnastics. Can it be done by a reliable alɡorithm?
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For consonants, the transcription is different depending on the location in the syllable. In the section on vowels, a dash ("–") indicates the relative position of the initial consonant belonging to the vowel.
Because of the original relationship with the RTGS, the 1939 RTGS transliterations are also shown except for final consonants. Since then, the RTGS has dropped some distinctions but has not introduced any new distinctions[1][3].
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