A linguistic analysis of the Lao writing system and its suitability for minority language orthographies

Lew, Sigrid

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“…In addition, as seen in Figure 1 below, the Indonesian vowels are composed of the letters a, i, u, e, and o. Moreover, we used a list of consonants as described in the literature (Lew, 2014) in order to compare the segmental features of the research participants from Laos as shown in Table 2. Regarding the vowels, we also adopted segmental characteristics of vowels proposed by Lew (Lew, 2014) as presented in Table 3.…”

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“…Moreover, we used a list of consonants as described in the literature (Lew, 2014) in order to compare the segmental features of the research participants from Laos as shown in Table 2. Regarding the vowels, we also adopted segmental characteristics of vowels proposed by Lew (Lew, 2014) as presented in Table 3. The lists of consonants and vowels found in earlier work (Ohata, 2004) were used to compare the segmental properties of consonants and vowels among research participants from Japan.…”

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How Is a Foreign Language Pronounced? A Case Study of Indonesian as a Foreign Language Among Speakers of Other Languages

Widodo

Putrawan

Perdana

2023

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Numerous studies have been conducted to ascertain the relationship between the first language (L1) and the second/foreign language (L2). However, it is unclear how vowels and consonants affect how a foreign language speaker pronounces Indonesian. Thus, the objective of this study was to ascertain the vowels and consonants of the Indonesian language that were incorrectly and correctly pronounced by Lao men and Japanese women. This study is descriptive qualitative in nature. Following data collection via audio recording, the collected data were analysed using a contrastive analysis. The study's findings indicate that certain speech sounds are both mispronounced and well-pronounced. The speech sounds /i/, /u/, /e/, /ə/, /a/, /p/, /b/, /m/, /d/, /n/, /r/, /l/, /t/, /h/, and /k/ were mispronounced by the Japanese participants; however, the speech sounds /i/, /u/, /ə/, /a/, /ʤ/, /n/, /t/, /g/, /p/, /k/, /r/, and /h/ were not pronounced correctly by the Lao participants.

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How Is a Foreign Language Pronounced? A Case Study of Indonesian as a Foreign Language Among Speakers of Other Languages

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Perdana

2023

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“…Being alphabetic languages, spelling of both Thai and Lao is based on sounds. Additionally, scripts of both Lao and Thai were adapted from the old Khmer scripts, which was the southern Brahmic style of writing derived from the south Indian Pallava alphabets (Danvivathana 1981, Lew 2014, so the two languages have many shared letters, even if the way of writing differs slightly from one another.…”

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“…For example, in the spelling errors *<เบด ฝ>, *<อทกดฯญ>, and *<ด ฯฆดฯญ>, a needless <ด> /r/ was inserted in the word <เบ ฝด์ > /bia/ "beer", <อทฆ์ กฯด> /ʔo ka n "organization", and <ด ฯฆฯญ> /ramk h a n "to be annoyed". 6.3.3.3 The absence of /r/ sound in the Lao phonological system According to Lew (2014), /r/ sound, which is represented by the consonant letter <ຕ>, was eliminated from Lao phonological system after the orthography reform in 1967. Therefore, Lao students were not clear when they encountered the /l/ and /r/ sounds in the Thai language.…”

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Spelling errors in Thai made by Chinese and Lao students speaking Thai as a foreign language

Hou

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When learning a foreign language, it is important to learn how to accurately spell as it is crucial for communication. To accurately spell in the Thai language is challenging for both native and foreign learners of Thai. However, there are few studies that address the spelling errors made by foreign learners of Thai. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to analyze the patterns and causes of spelling errors made by Chinese and Lao students speaking Thai as a foreign language. In order to gather data for this analysis, thirty Chinese students and thirty Lao students took part in a composition writing and dictation exercise. A group of Thai students was also involved in the study as a basic group for comparison. The results suggest that the main spelling problem for Chinese students is spelling Thai vowels, whereas Lao students tend to misspell more Thai initial consonants. For Chinese students, the complexity of the Thai writing system and the interference from Chinese phonology are found to be the main causes of their spelling errors. As for the Lao students, apart from a few idiosyncratic errors, most of the errors are found to result from complexity of the Thai writing system, interference from Lao phonology, and differences between the Lao and Thai writing systems. The findings of this study imply that foreign learners of Thai made more intralingual errors than interlingual errors in spelling.

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Learning to Read Kannada and Other Languages of South Asia

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2017

Learning to Read Across Languages and Writing Systems

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A linguistic analysis of the Lao writing system and its suitability for minority language orthographies

Cited by 7 publications

References 17 publications

How Is a Foreign Language Pronounced? A Case Study of Indonesian as a Foreign Language Among Speakers of Other Languages

How Is a Foreign Language Pronounced? A Case Study of Indonesian as a Foreign Language Among Speakers of Other Languages

Spelling errors in Thai made by Chinese and Lao students speaking Thai as a foreign language

Learning to Read Kannada and Other Languages of South Asia

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