Countries
Thailand
Total No. Of Countries
1
Rank: 14 (Overall)
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Thailand
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Minority Language
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
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.
Similar To
Lao Language
Derived From
Khmer Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
44
Rank: 24 (Overall)
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
32
Rank: 21 (Overall)
0
32
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How Many Consonants
44
Rank: 33 (Overall)
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Thai
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
3
Rank: 2 (Overall)
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks
Rank: 17 (Overall)
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
Please
โปรด (Pord)
Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
Dialect 1
Isan
Where They Speak
Isan
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
Rank: 29 (Overall)
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Northern Thai
Where They Speak
Northern Thailand
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00
Rank: 44 (Overall)
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Southern Thai
Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00
Rank: 39 (Overall)
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
9
Rank: 9 (Overall)
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
Rank: 27 (Overall)
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.85 %
Rank: 24 (Overall)
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
20.00 million
Rank: 37 (Overall)
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
40.00 million
Rank: 21 (Overall)
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ภาษาไทย
Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
French Name
thaï
German Name
Thailändisch
Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
Origin
1283 CE
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Subgroup
Tai
Branch
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Thai
Standard Forms
Thai
Language Position
47
Rank: 44 (Overall)
1
120
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Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language
Scope
Individual
ISO 639 1
th
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tha
ISO 639 2/B
tha
ISO 639 3
tha
ISO 639 6
tha
Glottocode
thai1261
Linguasphere
47-AAA-b
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating