Countries
Thailand
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
Total No. Of Countries
15
0
46
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National Language
Thailand
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
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Interesting Facts
- 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.
- Hmong language may not be so popular at first sight, but it has rich history and various dialects are spoken by millions of people.
- Hmong language came from western part of China.
Similar To
Lao Language
Thai and Lao Languages
Derived From
Khmer Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
4474
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
3214
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4460
9
60
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Scripts
Thai
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
39
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)
Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)
How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)
Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
zoo hmo
Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
zoo yav tsaus ntuj
Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
zoo tav su
Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
zoo thaum sawv ntxov
Please
โปรด (Pord)
thov
Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)
Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
Nyob zoo
I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
Kuv hlub koj
Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
zam txim rau kuv
Dialect 1
Isan
Hmong Njua
Where They Speak
Isan
Laos
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00310,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Thai
Hmong Daw
Where They Speak
Northern Thailand
China
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.001,600,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Southern Thai
Hmong Do
Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
Vietnam
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.0031,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
96
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
60.00 million4.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.85 %0.13 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
20.00 million3.70 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
40.00 million4.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ภาษาไทย
Hmong
Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
Mong
French Name
thaï
hmong
German Name
Thailändisch
Miao-Sprachen
Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
[môŋ]
Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
Hmong people
Origin
1283 CE
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Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Hmong–Mien Family
Subgroup
Tai
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Branch
-
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Thai
No early forms
Standard Forms
Thai
Hmong
Language Position
4724
1
120
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Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language
Hmong Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
th
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tha
hmn
ISO 639 2/B
tha
hmn
ISO 639 3
tha
hmv
ISO 639 6
tha
hmn
Glottocode
thai1261
firs1234
Linguasphere
47-AAA-b
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
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