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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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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)
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
Dialect 2
Hiberno-English
Northern Thai
Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Northern Thailand
Dialect 3
Welsh English
Southern Thai
Where They Speak
United Kingdom
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
Native Name
English
ภาษาไทย
Alternative Names
Not Available
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
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
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 6
engs
Not Available
Glottocode
stan1293
thai1261
Linguasphere
52-ABA
47-AAA-b
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.
