Thai frequency lists with English definitions… In How to Learn a
Language in a Foreign Country Robert Bigler mentioned the
importance of using frequency lists. The same 3-4000 words come
up all the time. Learn them. Work with them. If you don’t
understand something, ask people to explain. Students of the
Thai language have been in search of a decent frequency list for
years. Back in 2006, Rikker Dockum (Thai 101) posted Doug’s 1000
Thai word frequency collection on TV: List Of 3000 Most Common
Thai Words. Rikker pointed out that the best list in Doug’s
materials came from the legendary Mary Haas. And for good
reason. Unlike Mary’s, many lists include technical and highly
formal words. Not exactly words to learn at the beginning of
your Thai language journey. After collecting Thai vocabulary
lists (below) another problem I ran into is that many don’t
include English definitions. To rectify this, Mark Hollow
(programmar extraordinaire) whipped up a program to add English
from three dictionaries: Lexitron, Volub