Thai alphabet to be Romanized for international recognition
Thai alphabet to be Romanized for international recognition
The Thai Industrial Standard Institute (TISI) organized the 32nd ISO/TC 46 Plenary Meeting in Chiang Mai, attended by 18 member countries. During this conference, Thailand offered ISO 11940-2 transforming Thai script into Roman letters, which could be regarded as the international standard.
Prof. Dr. Udom Warotsikha-
dit, representative of the Royal Institute Thailand said that transforming the Thai alphabet into Roman letters would be very advantageous because it would enable the same computer keyboard to be used to communicate in Thai or English, or any Roman based language, as well as disseminating the Thai language to become better known internationally.
Besides transforming Thai Lanna letters, the Royal Institute has assigned representatives from Ireland and Payap University to transform Lanna alphabet into the Roman alphabet and predicted this would finish in June this year. Lanna letters will become recognized internationally and could be used in communication also.
By Nopniwat Krailerg
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