ชนกลุ่มน้อย

Thai

Etymology

From ชน (chon, “people”) +‎ กลุ่ม (glùm, “group”) +‎ น้อย (nɔ́ɔi, “insignificant; little; minor; tiny; etc.”); literally "minor group of people" or "people of the minor group".

Pronunciation
Orthographicชนกลุ่มน้อย
d͡ʑ n k l u ˋ m n ˆ ɒ y
Phonemicชน-กฺลุ่ม-น้อย
d͡ʑ n – k ̥ l u ˋ m – n ˆ ɒ y
RomanizationPaiboonchon-glùm-nɔ́ɔi
Royal Institutechon-klum-noi
(standard) IPA(key)/t͡ɕʰon˧.klum˨˩.nɔːj˦˥/

Noun

ชนกลุ่มน้อย • (chon-glùm-nɔ́ɔi)

  1. minority group; member of such a group.
  2. (slang) minority (group distinguished from and less dominant than the more numerous majority); member of such a group.

References
  • Royal Institute of Thailand. (2009). Photchananukrom Kham Mai Lem Song Chabap Ratchabandittayasathan พจนานุกรมคำใหม่ เล่ม ๒ ฉบับราชบัณฑิตยสถาน [Royal Institute Dictionary of New Words, Volume 2]. (in Thai). Bangkok: Royal Institute of Thailand. →ISBN. p. 32.
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