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Do Thais really know Thai language?
Just days ahead of the National Thai Language Day, a survey shows that most Thais do not know how many vowels their national language has.
Of 2,452 respondents, only 13.3 per cent correctly answer that there are 21 vowels in Thai language.
The National Thai Language Day falls on July 29 every year. Only 9.9 per cent know about this fact.
"Most Thais don't know Thai language well," Dr Noppadon Kannika said Thursday as the head of ABAC Academic Network for Community Happiness Observation and Research.
His network conducted a survey among people aged 18 years old up in Bangkok and its adjacent provinces from July 18 to July 13.
From the findings, Noppadon interpreted that Thai-language problems were now reaching crisis point.
The Nation
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