News and society ประชากร bprà-chaa-gawn
population noun
- bprà low
- chaa mid
- gawn mid
- Low: flat and lower than your normal voice, dropping a little at the end.
How to use it
ประชากรbprà-chaa-gawn is population, the people of a place counted as a number: Thailand has more than 60 million. The population is ageing fast, and the elderly, ผู้สูงอายุpûu-sǔung-aa-yú, are a growing share of it.
For the people of a country as citizens, the public, the word is ประชาชนbprà-chaa-chon.
Other spellings you'll see
There's no single official way to write Thai in English letters. We mark the tone of every syllable; online you'll also find:
- prachakon
- pra cha kon
- prachakorn
- bprachagawn
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