สอง

Thai

Thai cardinal numbers

<  ๑	๒	๓  >
Cardinal : สอง (sɔ̌ɔng)     Ordinal : ที่สอง (tîi-sɔ̌ɔng)

Alternative forms

• (archaic): โสง (sǒong)

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *soːŋᴬ, from Middle Chinese 雙 (MC sraewng, “two”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᩈᩬᨦ, Lao ສອງ (sǭng), Lü ᦉᦸᧂ (ṡoang), Tai Dam ꪎꪮꪉ, Shan သွင် (sǎung), Tai Nüa ᥔᥩᥒᥴ (sóang), Ahom 𑜏𑜨𑜂𑜫 (soṅ), Bouyei soongl, Zhuang song.

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemic		สอง s ɒ ŋ
Romanization	Paiboon	sɔ̌ɔng
	Royal Institute	song
(standard) IPA(key)		/sɔːŋ˩˩˦/(R)

Numeral

สอง

1. 2 (Thai numeral: ๒ (2))

Usage notes

When "two" is at the position of tens, use ยี่ (yîi) as ยี่สิบ (yîi-sìp) instead. There was suggestion to read "two" in a phone number as โท (too), to distinguish from สาม (sǎam), due to dated low-quality voicing technology.