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
  
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 in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Thai
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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)
  
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
How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million
  
1
60.00 million
  
27
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Signed English
  
Thai Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
English and Thai Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where English and Thai greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in English and Thai language. English word for "Hello" is Hello or Thai word for "Thank You" is ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ). Find more of such common English Greetings and Thai Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
English vs Thai Difficulty
The English vs Thai difficulty level basically depends on the number of English Alphabets and Thai Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare English and Thai are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in English and Thai, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn English is 6 weeks while to learn Thai time required is 44 weeks.