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Conlangery #114: Thai (natlang)

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The Tone Range Is Different From Mandarin

When i hear Thai is that when i hear hear native speakers speak it they actually have like a pretty broad pitch range. The last syllable of groontai for Bangkok is really really drawn out and it's really really you know dramatic in the more formal the speech gets, the more emphasis there is in doing tones properly. In mandarin people are more careful about tone and then less careful about toneyou know just in everyday kind of chatter  it's not as noticeable a lot of the timeYeah i just noticed that because it's different from what i'm used to with mandarin in mandarin itYou know mandarin is is tonal but it doesn't have people don't speak

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