1 Countries
1.1 Countries
1.3 Total No. Of Countries
3.2 National Language
3.3 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
3.4 Speaking Continents
3.5 Minority Language
Palau
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
3.7 Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
3.8 Interesting Facts
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
- 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.
3.9 Similar To
Korean Language
Lao Language
3.10 Derived From
Not Available
Khmer Language
4 Alphabets
4.1 Alphabets in
4.2 Alphabets
4.5 Phonology
4.5.1 How Many Vowels
4.6.3 How Many Consonants
4.8 Scripts
4.9 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
4.10 Hard to Learn
4.10.1 Language Levels
5.1.1 Time Taken to Learn
6 Greetings
6.1 Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
6.2 Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
6.3 How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
6.4 Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
6.6 Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
6.7 Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
6.8 Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
6.9 Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
โปรด (Pord)
6.10 Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
6.11 Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
6.12 I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
6.13 Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
7 Dialects
7.1 Dialect 1
7.1.1 Where They Speak
7.1.2 How Many People Speak
1,000,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
7.3 Dialect 2
7.3.1 Where They Speak
Fukuoka
Northern Thailand
7.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA6,000,000.00
700
80000000
7.4 Dialect 3
7.4.1 Where They Speak
kansai
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
7.4.2 How Many People Speak
NA4,500,000.00
1400
96000000
7.5 Total No. Of Dialects
9 How Many People Speak
9.1 How Many People Speak?
128.00 million60.00 million
0.13
1200
10.8 Speaking Population
10.9 Native Speakers
128.00 million20.00 million
0.13
873
10.9.1 Second Language Speakers
10.9.2 Native Name
10.9.3 Alternative Names
Not Available
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
10.9.4 French Name
10.9.5 German Name
10.10 Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
10.11 Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
11 History
11.1 Origin
11.2 Language Family
Japonic Family
Tai-Kadai Family
11.2.1 Subgroup
11.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
11.3 Language Forms
11.3.1 Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
Old Thai
11.3.2 Standard Forms
11.3.3 Language Position
11.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
Thai Sign Language
11.4 Scope
12 Code
12.1 ISO 639 1
12.2 ISO 639 2
12.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
12.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
12.3 ISO 639 3
12.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
12.5 Glottocode
12.6 Linguasphere
12.7 Types of Language
12.7.1 Language Type
12.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
12.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Analytic, Isolating