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Countries

Countries
Thailand

Total No. Of Countries
1 14

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

Alphabets in
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Alphabets
44 24

Phonology

How Many Vowels
32 21

How Many Consonants
44 33

Scripts
Thai

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels
3 2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks 17

Greetings

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)

Dialects

Dialect 1
Isan

Where They Speak
Isan

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00 29

Dialect 2
Northern Thai

Where They Speak
Northern Thailand

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00 44

Dialect 3
Southern Thai

Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00 39

Total No. Of Dialects
9 9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million 27

Speaking Population
0.85 % 24

Native Speakers
20.00 million 37

Second Language Speakers
40.00 million 21

Native Name
ภาษาไทย

Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang

French Name
thaï

German Name
Thailändisch

Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]

Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese

History

Origin
1283 CE

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family

Subgroup
Tai

Branch
-

Language Forms

Early Forms
Old Thai

Standard Forms
Thai

Language Position
47 44

Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language

Scope
Individual

Code

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

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Origin of Thai language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Thai language is one of the Most Spoken Languages. The origin of Thai language states that it was put to use in 1283 CE. The history of Thai language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Thai Language History.The evolution of Thai language began with early forms such as Old Thai. Thai is the standard form of Thai language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Thai Language.

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Thai population

Thai population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Thai language. Thai language is spoken by 60.00 million people in the world. Most of the Thai population lies in the Thai Speaking Countries. Thai language is spoken as first language by 20.00 million people and as second language by about 40.00 million people. Get to know Thai speaking population in detail.

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Thai writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Thai writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Thai language. Some languages share common writing systems. Thai script is used by Thai language. Learn more about . 

Information about Thai language

Check out all the information about Thai language here. You may find it interesting to learn Thai Alphabets or the vowels and consonants of this language. Also knowing about Thai Speaking Countries, Thai speaking continents and Thai Dialects will help in improving your knowledge about this language. Also while travelling to Thai countries knowing common Thai Greetings will help you in communicating with Thai people.

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