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Tinglish


Tinglish (US and Thailand) or Thaiglish (UK) (also Thenglish, Thailish or Thainglish) is the imperfect, macaronic form of English produced by native Thai speakers due to language interference from the first language. Differences from “native” English include errant pronunciation, unusual word choices, and grammatical anomalies, as well as innovative vocabulary items.

Characteristics and examples (direct translation) include:

Examples (direct translation) include:

The words of Thai prefix particles and their implied meanings:

Following is the list of Thai final particles and their implied meanings:

Some less common particles:

As some sounds in English just simply don't exist in Thai language, this affects the way native Thai speakers pronounce English words:

In Thai, certain consonants cannot occur as a consonant cluster. Such illicit clusters include those with sibilant sounds followed by obstruent sounds. In order to avoid such illicit forms, a short "a" (ah; [ə]) sound is added between these consonants:

'R' or 'l' after another consonant may be omitted completely.


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