Countries
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara
  
Thailand
  
National Language
Spain
  
Thailand
  
Second Language
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
  
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
  
Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
  
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
  
Interesting Facts
- One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
- Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  
- 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
French Language
  
Lao Language
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Khmer Language
  
Alphabets in
Spanish-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
hola
  
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
Thank You
Gracias
  
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
  
How Are You?
Cómo estás?
  
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
  
Good Night
Buenas Noches
  
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
  
Good Evening
Bonne soirée
  
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes
  
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
  
Good Morning
Buenos Días
  
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
  
Please
Por Favor
  
โปรด (Pord)
  
Sorry
triste
  
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
Bye
adiós
  
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
  
I Love You
Te Quiero
  
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
  
Excuse Me
Discúlpeme
  
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish
  
Isan
  
Where They Speak
Mexico
  
Isan
  
How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00
  
5
20,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish
  
Northern Thai
  
Where They Speak
Cuba
  
Northern Thailand
  
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00
  
8
6,000,000.00
  
13
Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish
  
Southern Thai
  
Where They Speak
Puerto Rico
  
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
  
How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00
  
9
4,500,000.00
  
8
How Many People Speak?
489.00 million
  
3
60.00 million
  
27
Native Speakers
410.00 million
  
2
20.00 million
  
37
Second Language Speakers
89.50 million
  
9
40.00 million
  
15
Native Name
Español
  
ภาษาไทย
  
Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español
  
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
  
French Name
espagnol; castillan
  
thaï
  
German Name
Spanisch
  
Thailändisch
  
Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
  
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
  
Origin
210 BC
  
1283 CE
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Tai
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish
  
Old Thai
  
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
  
Thai
  
Signed Forms
Signed Spanish
  
Thai Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
es
  
th
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
spa
  
tha
  
ISO 639 2/B
spa
  
tha
  
ISO 639 3
spa
  
tha
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1288
  
thai1261
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-b
  
47-AAA-b
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Analytic, Isolating