Countries
Thailand
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
Total No. Of Countries
13
0
46
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National Language
Thailand
Malaysia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Indonesia
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
Thailand
Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
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.
- One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
Similar To
Lao Language
Indonesian Language
Derived From
Khmer Language
Tamil Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4426
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
326
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4424
9
60
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Scripts
Thai
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks36 weeks
3
88
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Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
Hai
Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
terima kasih
How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
Apa khabar?
Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
Selamat Malam
Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
Selamat Petang
Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
Selamat tengah hari
Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
Selamat pagi
Please
โปรด (Pord)
sila
Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
maaf
Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
Selamat tinggal
I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
Saya sayang kamu
Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
Maafkan saya
Dialect 1
Isan
Bengkulu
Where They Speak
Isan
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.001,600,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Thai
Pekal
Where They Speak
Northern Thailand
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.0030,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Southern Thai
Musi
Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.003,100,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
924
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
60.00 million175.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.85 %1.16 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
20.00 million77.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
40.00 million98.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ภาษาไทย
Bahasa melayu
Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
Bahasa Malaysia
French Name
thaï
malais
German Name
Thailändisch
Malaiisch
Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
Malaysian people
Origin
1283 CE
c. 683 AD
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Tai
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Thai
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
Standard Forms
Thai
Pluricentric Standard Malay
Language Position
4754
1
120
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Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language
Malaysian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
th
ms
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tha
msa
ISO 639 2/B
tha
may
ISO 639 3
tha
zsm
ISO 639 6
tha
may
Glottocode
thai1261
stan1306
Linguasphere
47-AAA-b
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Agglutinative