Countries
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
  
Thailand
  
National Language
France
  
Thailand
  
Second Language
Africa, Canada
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
  
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
  
Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
  
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
  
Interesting Facts
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  
- 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
Italian Language
  
Lao Language
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Khmer Language
  
Alphabets in
French-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Thai-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Thai
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
bonjour
  
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
Thank You
Merci
  
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
  
How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?
  
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
  
Good Night
bonne Nuit
  
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
  
Good Evening
bonsoir
  
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi
  
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
  
Good Morning
Bonjour
  
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
  
Please
S'il vous plaît
  
โปรด (Pord)
  
Sorry
désolé
  
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
Bye
au revoir
  
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
  
I Love You
Je t'aime
  
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
  
Excuse Me
Excuse Moi
  
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
Dialect 1
Quebec French
  
Isan
  
Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
  
Isan
  
How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00
  
15
20,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 2
African French
  
Northern Thai
  
Where They Speak
Africa
  
Northern Thailand
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
6,000,000.00
  
13
Dialect 3
Swiss French
  
Southern Thai
  
Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland
  
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
  
16
4,500,000.00
  
8
How Many People Speak?
163.00 million
  
11
60.00 million
  
27
Native Speakers
76.00 million
  
13
20.00 million
  
37
Second Language Speakers
87.00 million
  
11
40.00 million
  
15
Native Name
français
  
ภาษาไทย
  
Alternative Names
Français
  
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
  
French Name
français
  
thaï
  
German Name
Französisch
  
Thailändisch
  
Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
  
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
  
Origin
9th Century
  
1283 CE
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Tai
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French
  
Old Thai
  
Standard Forms
Standard French
  
Thai
  
Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
  
Thai Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
fr
  
th
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
fra
  
tha
  
ISO 639 2/B
fre
  
tha
  
ISO 639 3
fra
  
tha
  
ISO 639 6
fras
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1290
  
thai1261
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-i
  
47-AAA-b
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Analytic, Isolating