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<span style="font-weight: bold;">CD-ROM accompanying the Thai-Isan-Lao language book.</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Book Description</span><br />
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Asger Mollerup:<br />
Thai-Isan-Lao Phrasebook <br />
ISBN 974-7534-88-6<br />
330 pages<br />
A4<br />
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This book is the first and only of its kind describing three Tai-Kadai languages comparatively in one book, using IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet). <br />
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Content of Thai-Isan-Lao Phrasebook:<br />
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Part I: Phrases<br />
Part II: Word lists<br />
Part III: Grammar by samples<br />
Part IV: Manuals in reading, writing, and tonal determination.<br />
Appendixes: Alphabets compared, linguistic history etc.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">CD Description</span><br />
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Sound-tracks in 3 languages on CD-ROM read by local residents from Bangkok (Thai), Maha Sarakham (Isan), and Vientiane (Laos P.D.R) covering all texts in the book.<br />
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Format: MP3, 128kbps; 22050Hz, Mono<br />
Duration: 6 hours.<br />
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Legend for the MP3 naming convention: <br />
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B = Bangkok Thai<br />
I = Maha Sarakham<br />
L = Vientiane<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Notes</span><br />
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The book is still available in boostores in Bangkok; however, for over a year now it has been sold without the CD. Some of the copies contain a leaflet stating that the CD-ROM can be ordered from the publisher; however, the publisher does not have the CD either and most buyers end up with the book without the CD.
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