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Geologic Formation Attractions In Chiang Mai

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Chiang Mai sometimes written as Chiengmai or Chiangmai, is the largest city in northern Thailand. It is the capital of Chiang Mai Province and was a former capital of the kingdom of Lan Na , which later became the Kingdom of Chiang Mai, a tributary state of Siam from 1774 to 1899, and finally the seat of a princely rulers until 1939. It is 700 km north of Bangkok near the highest mountains in the country. The city sits astride the Ping River, a major tributary of the Chao Phraya River. Chiang Mai means New City and was so named because it became the new capital of Lan Na when it was founded in 1296, succeeding Chiang Rai, the former capital founded in ...
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Geologic Formation Attractions In Chiang Mai

  • 1. Tham Meuang On Chiang Mai
    The Tai Tham script, Lanna script or Tua Mueang , is used for three living languages: Northern Thai , Tai Lü and Khün. In addition, the Lanna script is used for Lao Tham and other dialect variants in Buddhist palm leaves and notebooks. The script is also known as Tham or Yuan script. The Northern Thai language is a close relative of Thai and member of the Chiang Saeng language family. It is spoken by nearly 6,000,000 people in Northern Thailand and several thousand in Laos of whom few are literate in Lanna script. The script is still read by older monks. Northern Thai has six linguistic tones and Thai only five, making transcription into the Thai alphabet problematic. There is some resurgent interest in the script among younger people, but an added complication is that the modern spoken ...
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