The 'Chinese' Theory: For and Against

[Jorge_Stolfi]

Something seems to have gone wrong with the Thai version. What I see is a phonetic rendering of the original Chinese.

I asked GAI and ChatGPT to correct each other's output, and they eventually converged to the following version.  I have removed the "-" to make the eventual comparison to the VMS more fair.  Unmarked syllables are tone 1, all the other tones should be explicitly marked 2-5.

Code:

(A) Kai2 thuek4 daeng: [gae2] ra du khao5 daeng, bam rung sang khan5, un2 that4 fai, ham3 lueat4, cham ra chit2, dap2 phit4, kan sing ap2 mong khon (B) Hua5:              [gae2] prap2 phi5 sat2 rai4 (C) Man:               [gae2] hu5 tuek2 (D) Sai5:              [gae2] pa sa5 wa4 mai3 yut2 (E) Phang phuet2 nai:  [gae2] thong4 sia5 thong4 ruan (F) Khi5 kai2 khao5:   [gae2] rok2 hiu5 nam4, khai2 wat4 nao5 ron4 (G) Khon5 pik2:        [gae2] gae2 lueat4 duean mai3 ok2 (H) Khai2 kai2:        []    dap2 phit4 ron4, phu phong fai, kan chak2; [pra2 sit2] pen khong5 sak2 sit2 dang am phan

Does it make more sense?

All the best, --stolfi