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[A revised version of the Keynote Speech presented before Her Royal Highness Princess Galayani Vadhna on the occasion of her presiding over the International Conference on Tai Languages and Cultures, Thammasat University, 7-8 December 1995. The Australian Research Council has supported the work reported here, conducted in cooperation with Professor Dr B.J. Terwiel and Dr J.C. Eade. What follows is especially indebted to analyses in Thai of Professor Prasert Na Nagara. The Bibliography should be consulted for further detail on the work of these and other colleagues.] Show more