Thai is a tonal language - that is the tone used to pronounce a word can change its meaning. Thai has five tones -- low, middle, high, rising and falling. For example, the word 'mai' in a falling tone means 'not' but at the end of a sentence with a high tone it indicates a question.
Postcolonialism or postcolonial studies is an academic discipline that analyzes, explains, and responds to the cultural legacy of colonialism and imperialism. Postcolonialism speaks about the human consequences of external control and economic exploitation of a native people and its lands.
colonialism noun [U]. âº âcontrol by one country over another and its âeconomy, or âsupport for such âcontrol: It took the ânation a century to âremove the âchains of colonialism and âachieve âindependence. (Definition of colonialism from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary Â© Cambridge University Press).