Compares Fundamental Frequency of Thai Tones Produced by Pattani Malay Speakers in Three Southern Border Provinces of Thailand
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This research studies and compares fundamental frequencies of Thai tones produced by Pattani Malay speakers in the three southern border provinces of Thailand. 15 speakers were selected among female Malays whose mother tongue was Pattani Malay and who were in local high school in the three southernmost provinces of Pattani, Yala, and Narathiwat. For data collection, 15 vocabulary flashcards were used to gather different tones produced by the sample speakers. And 5 speakers Thai tone produced. Who were in local high school in Narathiwat provinces. After that, their voices were recorded in a computer and analyzed with Praat software to find fundamental frequencies and statistical numbers to identify statistical significance of acoustic phonetics between Thai speakers and Pattani Malay speakers. The study found that fundamental frequencies of low, mid, and high tones produced by Pattani Malay speakers are significantly different from native Thai speakers, and that fundamental frequencies of rising and
falling tones produced by the Pattani Malay speakers are significantly different from native Thai
speakers. It was also discovered that the Pattani Malay speakers were able to pronounce low,
mid, and high tones better and rising and falling tones. May have been affected by their mother
tongue.
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