[Article] Place Naming of the Thais and the Zhuangs

Silpakorn University and Guangxi Research Institute for Nationalities cooperated on a multi-disciplinary research project on the comparison of the Thai and the Zhuang cultures from 1992 –2002. The topics studied were anthropology, archaeology, architecture, education, economics, social science, and languages. The subtopics for the language study were phonology, morphology, grammar, dialects, basic vocabulary, scripts, names and surnames, and place names. The research methods included documentary analysis and field work. The foremost purpose of the project was to find out how close the Thai and Zhuang cultures were.