Thai Alphabet page numbering

Question

I don't know how to make Thai alphabet page numbering. I try

\renewcommand{page}{\thaialph{}}

but it doesn't work. Could you please help me with how to do it?

I'm using XelaTeX with the polyglossia package.

Thai Alphabet start with ก

Maybe https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/19228/250119 can help? // could it be you need the A to be capitalized? E.g. https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/495640/250119 — user202729, Jun 08 '22 at 13:07

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 08 '22 at 13:36

You need \thaiAlph and to fix the redefinition.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{polyglossia}
\usepackage[a6paper]{geometry}
\setmainlanguage{thai}
\setmainfont{Thonburi}
\newfontfamily{\thaifont}{Thonburi}
\renewcommand{\thepage}{\thaiAlph{page}}
\begin{document}
\ExplSyntaxOn
\newcounter{test}
\renewcommand{\thetest}{\thaiAlph{test}}
\prg_replicate:nn { 20 } { \stepcounter{test}\thetest\space }
\ExplSyntaxOff
\mbox{}\clearpage
\mbox{}\clearpage
\mbox{}\clearpage
\mbox{}\clearpage
\mbox{}\clearpage
\mbox{}\clearpage
\end{document}

I set up a counter to print the first twenty letters in \thaiAlph. Note that geometry is only used to make a smaller picture.

There are two font declarations because Thonburi seems not to advertise it supports Thai. Depending on your font, you may be able to use just \setmainfont.

Thai Alphabet page numbering

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