Some Statistical Data Concerning Thai Language

Statistical data on TRID | Statistical word data | Syllable length

• • The analysis results of the LINKS Thai word dictionary of 52,070 entries (28,249 concepts)

    • Distribution of word category

    • Distribution of the ambiguity of word category

    • Distribution of the ambiguity of word surface

    • Distribution of the ambiguity of word concept

  • The results of studying Thai Royal Institute word dictionary [Pochananukrom Chabab Rachabanditayasathan B.E.2525] of 32,558 entries (3,230,274 characters)

    • The occurrence of the Thai consonants in the Thai Royal Institute Dictionary

    • The occurrence of the Thai characters other than the consonants in the Thai Royal Institute Dictionary

Distribution of word category

This shows the amount of words in each category. Most of Thai words are NOUN and VERB.

Distribution of the ambiguity of word category

Most of Thai words have one part-of-speech but there are some that have more than one part-of-speech. As a result of investigating words in general text, more than 40% of words in the text have more than one part-of-speech. Disambiguity of part-of-speech is an interesting topic, isn't it?

Distribution of the ambiguity of word surface

This shows the polysemy of Thai words.

Distribution of the ambiguity of word concept

The Thai langauge is rich of word form to represent a meaning. Do you know what concept (meaning) has the greatest number of surface forms to represent?

The occurrence of the Thai consonants in the Thai Royal Institute Dictionary

"No-nu, Ko-kai and Ro-rua" are the 3 topmost consonants used in words.

The occurrence of the Thai characters other than the consonants in the Thai Royal Institute Dictionary

"Sara-aa, Mai-ek, Sara-e and Mai-hanaakaad " are the 4 topmost non-consonant characters used in words.

Copyright 1995, Virach Sornlertlamvanich

LINKS, NECTEC, prepared on 29 September 1995