Countries
Thailand
  
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
  
National Language
Thailand
  
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
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
  
Minority Language
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
  
South Africa
  
Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- 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.
  
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  
Similar To
Lao Language
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Khmer Language
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Thai
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
Hello
  
Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
  
Thank you
  
How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
  
How are you?
  
Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
  
Good Night
  
Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
Good Evening
  
Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
  
Good Afternoon
  
Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
  
Good Morning
  
Please
โปรด (Pord)
  
Please
  
Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
Sorry
  
Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
  
Bye
  
I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
  
I love you
  
Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
Excuse Me
  
Dialect 1
Isan
  
American English
  
Where They Speak
Isan
  
United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
225,000,000.00
  
3
Dialect 2
Northern Thai
  
Hiberno-English
  
Where They Speak
Northern Thailand
  
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
  
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00
  
13
4,500,000.00
  
15
Dialect 3
Southern Thai
  
Welsh English
  
Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
  
United Kingdom
  
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00
  
8
2,500,000.00
  
14
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
1,200.00 million
  
1
Native Speakers
20.00 million
  
37
400.00 million
  
3
Second Language Speakers
40.00 million
  
15
400.00 million
  
1
Native Name
ภาษาไทย
  
English
  
Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
  
Not Available
  
French Name
thaï
  
anglais
  
German Name
Thailändisch
  
Englisch
  
Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
  
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
  
Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1283 CE
  
5th Century AD
  
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Tai
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Thai
  
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
  
Standard Forms
Thai
  
Standard English
  
Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language
  
Signed English
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
th
  
en
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tha
  
eng
  
ISO 639 2/B
tha
  
eng
  
ISO 639 3
tha
  
eng
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
engs
  
Glottocode
thai1261
  
stan1293
  
Linguasphere
47-AAA-b
  
52-ABA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic