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English and Thai


Countries

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  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
33  
2

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

Alphabets in
Thai-Alphabets.jpg#200  
English-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
44  
24
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
32  
21
5  
2

How Many Consonants
44  
33
21  
11

Scripts
Thai  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
7  
6

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

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  

Dialects

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

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
188  
34

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million  
27
1,200.00 million  
1

Speaking Population
0.85 %  
23
5.43 %  
4

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  

History

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  

Language Position
47  
34
3  
3

Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language  
Signed English  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  

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All Thai and English Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Thai and English dialects. Various dialects of Thai and English language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Thai are spoken in different Thai Speaking Countries whereas English Dialects are spoken in different English speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Thai vs English Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Thai dialects include: Isan, Northern Thai. English dialects include: American English , Hiberno-English. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Thai and English Speaking population

Thai and English speaking population is one of the factors based on which Thai and English languages can be compared. The total count of Thai and English Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Thai language is 0.85 % whereas the percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Thai and English on Thai vs English where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Thai and English Language Codes

Thai and English language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Thai and English Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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