Thai orthography in the description of the Trai Phum picture book in the Thonburi period

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to study the style of Thai orthography and to study the characteristics of the descriptions appearing in the Trai Phum picture book in the Thonburi period. The results of the study found that there are 40 consonants and 20 vowels in the Trai Phum picture book in the Thonburi period. Orthography shows the use of final consonant with base such as the letter “Yo Ying”, the use of Rue, the use of plus sign, the use of curly brackets, the use of repetition symbol, the use of fong man symbol, the use of ta khai symbol and the use of kho mut symbol. In terms of description in the Trai Phum picture book in the Thonburi period, there are comparative description, pictorial description, word description, description of nature or scenes that appear in the story: hell and metropolis, and description of characters or people such as describing animals in hell and in the forest.