สอง

Thai

Thai cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : สอง (sɔ̌ɔng)
    Ordinal : ที่สอง (tîi-sɔ̌ɔng)

Alternative forms

  • (archaic): โสง (sǒong)

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *soːŋᴬ, from Middle Chinese 雙 (MC ʃˠʌŋ, “two”). Cognate with Tai Dam song, Lao ສອງ (sǭng), Lü ᦉᦸᧂ (ṡoang), Shan သွင် (sǒang), Tai Nüa ᥔᥩᥒᥴ (soang1) and Zhuang song.

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicสอง
s ɒ ŋ
RomanizationPaiboonsɔ̌ɔng
Royal Institutesong
(standard) IPA(key)/sɔːŋ˩˩˦/

Numeral

สอง • (sɔ̌ɔng)

  1. (cardinal) 2 (Thai numeral: ๒ (2))

Usage notes

When "two" is at the position of tens, use ยี่ (yîi) as ยี่สิบ (yîi-sìp) instead. There was a suggestion to read "two" as โท (too) while calling or saying a phone number, to distinguish from สาม (sǎam), due to dated low-quality voicing technology.

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See also

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