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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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