Local Sukhothai Accent in Suang Santi's Songs (1966-1982)

Abstract

The article is about the vernacular Sukhothai dialect in the songs of Suang Santi (1966-1983), which aims to study the Sukhothai dialect that appears in the songs of Suang Santi. The study method is based on documents, research, and related documents and propose it to be written as an article in the form of an essay. The study found that Suang Santi was a singer and songwriter between 1966-1983 that originated from Sukhothai. Therefore, they used the local language to compose and sing a song. As appears in the song, do not forget the Sukhothai people who appear in the lyrics and the Sukhothai people who appear in the dialogue reflects locality through language Sukhothai dialect. It is unique in both its accent and vocabulary. The tone of the Sukhothai dialect has words that are different from the common language includes tones, vowels, consonants such as r to l, ch to z. Tones have 6 tones such as lao1 lao2 lao3 lao4 lao5. The gradation of sounds is different from the Central Thai language. However, it is said that the Sukhothai dialect is a language that has been described as the language of the Sukhothai people since Sukhothai was the capital.