Editing Thai numerals (section)

==Usage==
The [[Thai language#Nouns|Thai language]] lacks [[grammatical number]]. A [[counting|count]] is usually expressed in the form of an [[inflection|uninflected]] noun followed by a number and a classifier.  "Five teachers" is expressed as "teacher five person" {{lang|th-Latn|khru ha khon}} ({{langx|th|ครูห้าคน}} or with the numeral included {{langx|th|ครู ๕ คน}}.) {{lang|th-Latn|Khon}} "person" is a type of [[referent]] noun that is also used as the Thai [[part of speech]] called in English a [[Classifier (linguistics)|linguistic classifier]], or [[measure word]]. In Thai, counting is ''kannap'' ({{lang|th|การนับ}}; ''nap'' is "to count", ''kan'' is a prefix that forms a noun from a verb); the classifier, ''laksananam'' ({{lang|th|ลักษณนาม}} from ''laksana'' characteristic, form, attribute, quality, pattern, style; and ''nam'' name, designation, appellation.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.thai-language.com/id/207260|title= ลักษณนาม
|editor= Glenn S.|date=  May 21, 2013|format= Dictionary|work= Royal Institute Dictionary - 1982|publisher=  Thai-language.com
|access-date=  May 21, 2013|quote= [grammar] a classifier, a numerative noun}}</ref>) Variations to this pattern do occur, and there really is no [[Hierarchical classifier|hierarchy]] among Thai classifiers.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://academic.research.microsoft.com/Paper/4812546 |title=Constructing Taxonomy of Numerative Classifiers for Asian Languages |access-date=2011-06-04 |archive-date=2012-09-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120911161047/http://academic.research.microsoft.com/Paper/4812546 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
A partial list of Thai words that also classify nouns can be found in Wiktionary category: [[wikt::Category:Thai classifiers|Thai classifiers]]