Countries
Thailand
  
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
  
National Language
Thailand
  
France
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Africa, Canada
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
  
Minority Language
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
  
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
  
Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
  
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
  
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.
  
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  
Similar To
Lao Language
  
Italian Language
  
Derived From
Khmer Language
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
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French-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Thai
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
bonjour
  
Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
  
Merci
  
How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
  
Comment allez-vous?
  
Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
  
bonne Nuit
  
Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
bonsoir
  
Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
  
bon Après-Midi
  
Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
  
Bonjour
  
Please
โปรด (Pord)
  
S'il vous plaît
  
Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
désolé
  
Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
  
au revoir
  
I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
  
Je t'aime
  
Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
Excuse Moi
  
Dialect 1
Isan
  
Quebec French
  
Where They Speak
Isan
  
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
6,200,000.00
  
15
Dialect 2
Northern Thai
  
African French
  
Where They Speak
Northern Thailand
  
Africa
  
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00
  
13
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Southern Thai
  
Swiss French
  
Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
  
Northeast France, Switzerland
  
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00
  
8
1,800,000.00
  
16
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
163.00 million
  
11
Native Speakers
20.00 million
  
37
76.00 million
  
13
Second Language Speakers
40.00 million
  
15
87.00 million
  
11
Native Name
ภาษาไทย
  
français
  
Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
  
Français
  
French Name
thaï
  
français
  
German Name
Thailändisch
  
Französisch
  
Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
  
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
  
Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1283 CE
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Tai
  
Romance
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Thai
  
Old French, Middle French and French
  
Standard Forms
Thai
  
Standard French
  
Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language
  
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
th
  
fr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tha
  
fra
  
ISO 639 2/B
tha
  
fre
  
ISO 639 3
tha
  
fra
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
fras
  
Glottocode
thai1261
  
stan1290
  
Linguasphere
47-AAA-b
  
51-AAA-i
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Fusional, Synthetic