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Countries

Countries

Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Thailand

Total No. Of Countries

331
0 46
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National Language

Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Thailand

Second Language

India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Asia

Minority Language

South Africa
Burma, Cambodia, Laos

Regulated By

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Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)

Interesting Facts

  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  • Thai is tonal language and also it is very repetitive and exaggerative language.
  • You should learn thai language with native speakers and not with books or recorders, since speaking and writing in thai are not the same.

Similar To

Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages
Lao Language

Derived From

Latin
Khmer Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2644
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

532
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2144
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Thai

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

73
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

6 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)

Thank You

Thank you
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)

How Are You?

How are you?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)

Good Night

Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)

Good Evening

Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)

Good Afternoon

Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)

Good Morning

Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)

Please

Please
โปรด (Pord)

Sorry

Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)

Bye

Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)

I Love You

I love you
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)

Excuse Me

Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)

Dialects

Dialect 1

American English
Isan

Where They Speak

United States of America
Isan

How Many People Speak

225,000,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Hiberno-English
Northern Thai

Where They Speak

Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Northern Thailand

How Many People Speak

4,500,000.006,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Welsh English
Southern Thai

Where They Speak

United Kingdom
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi

How Many People Speak

2,500,000.004,500,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

1889
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

1,200.00 million60.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

5.43 %0.85 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

400.00 million20.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

400.00 million40.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

English
ภาษาไทย

Alternative Names

English
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang

French Name

anglais
thaï

German Name

Englisch
Thailändisch

Pronunciation

/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]

Ethnicity

English people
Central Thai and Thai Chinese

History

Origin

5th Century AD
1283 CE

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Tai-Kadai Family

Subgroup

-
Tai

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Old Thai

Standard Forms

Standard English
Thai

Language Position

347
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed English
Thai Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

en
th

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

eng
tha

ISO 639 2/B

eng
tha

ISO 639 3

eng
tha

ISO 639 6

engs
tha

Glottocode

stan1293
thai1261

Linguasphere

52-ABA
47-AAA-b

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Analytic, Isolating

English and Thai Alphabets

English and Thai Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in English and Thai. In English Alphabets there are 26 letters while in Thai Alphabets there are 44 letters. To learn English and Thai languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of English and Thai languages. The English phonology consist English vowels and English consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at English greetings vs Thai greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether English and Thai are Most Spoken Languages.

All English and Thai Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all English and Thai dialects. Various dialects of English and Thai language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of English are spoken in different English Speaking Countries whereas Thai Dialects are spoken in different Thai speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking English vs Thai Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the English dialects include: American English, Hiberno-English. Thai dialects include: Isan , Northern Thai. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

English and Thai Speaking population

English and Thai speaking population is one of the factors based on which English and Thai languages can be compared. The total count of English and Thai Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Thai language is 0.85 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak English and Thai on English vs Thai where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

English and Thai Language Codes

English and Thai language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. English and Thai Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.