BANGKOK, 30 July 2014 – The National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) chief General Prayuth Chan-ocha has expressed his worries regarding the wrong usage of Thai language and vocabularies that have been prevalent among youths and Thais in general nowadays.
General Prayuth yesterday gave a public speech through Radio Thailand about the Thai National Language Day, which has been celebrated on July 29th of every year.
He has urged Thai youths in particular to value their national language and be grateful of their ancestors who have painstakingly developed the Thai alphabets, which have been in existence for more than 700 years.
Thailand is one of the few countries in the world to have their own language. For this reason, General Prayuth has requested all Thais to see the importance of this in order to preserve their cultural heritage.
According to a recent survey conducted by Bangkok Poll, 84.7 percent of the respondents believe that the quality of Thai language has degraded to a serious level, which is clearly evident in posted messages on social media such as Line and Facebook.
Reasons may include a lack of interest in reading, the advent of social media to use unorthodox forms of language, and the laziness to properly spell something for easier communication.
