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Thai and English


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
33   
2
1   
14

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
Not Available   
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
Not Available   
Lao Language   

Derived From
Latin   
Khmer Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
English-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Thai-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
26   
8
44   
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
32   
21

How Many Consonants
21   
11
44   
33

Scripts
Latin   
Thai   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7   
6
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks   
3
44 weeks   
11

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
225,000,000.00   
3
20,000,000.00   
10

Dialect 2
Hiberno-English   
Northern Thai   

Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom   
Northern Thailand   

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00   
15
6,000,000.00   
13

Dialect 3
Welsh English   
Southern Thai   

Where They Speak
United Kingdom   
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi   

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00   
14
4,500,000.00   
8

Total No. Of Dialects
188   
34
9   
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million   
1
60.00 million   
27

Speaking Population
5.43 %   
4
0.85 %   
23

Native Speakers
400.00 million   
3
20.00 million   
37

Second Language Speakers
400.00 million   
1
40.00 million   
15

Native Name
English   
ภาษาไทย   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang   

French Name
anglais   
thaï   

German Name
Englisch   
Thailändisch   

Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/   
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Central Thai and Thai Chinese   

History

Origin
5th Century AD   
1283 CE   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Tai-Kadai Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Tai   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Standard English   
Thai   

Language Position
3   
3
47   
34

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   
Not Available   

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   

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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.

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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.

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