Countries
Thailand
  
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
National Language
Thailand
  
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
  
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
  
Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
  
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
  
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.
  
- One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
- Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  
Similar To
Lao Language
  
French and Portuguese Languages
  
Derived From
Khmer Language
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
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Italian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Thai
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
ciao
  
Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
  
grazie
  
How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
  
Come stai?
  
Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
  
buonanotte
  
Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
buonasera
  
Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
  
buon pomeriggio
  
Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
  
buongiorno
  
Please
โปรด (Pord)
  
Per Favore
  
Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
scusate
  
Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
  
arrivederci
  
I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
  
Ti amo
  
Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
Scusami
  
Dialect 1
Isan
  
Romanesco
  
Where They Speak
Isan
  
Lazio
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
3,000,000.00
  
21
Dialect 2
Northern Thai
  
Central Italian
  
Where They Speak
Northern Thailand
  
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
  
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00
  
13
5,000,000.00
  
14
Dialect 3
Southern Thai
  
Tuscan
  
Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
  
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
  
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00
  
8
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
78.00 million
  
21
Native Speakers
20.00 million
  
37
64.00 million
  
18
Second Language Speakers
40.00 million
  
15
14.00 million
  
20
Native Name
ภาษาไทย
  
Italiano
  
Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
  
Italiano
  
French Name
thaï
  
italien
  
German Name
Thailändisch
  
Italienisch
  
Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
  
[itaˈljaːno]
  
Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
  
Italians
  
Origin
1283 CE
  
960 BC
  
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Tai
  
Romance
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Thai
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Thai
  
Italian
  
Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language
  
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
th
  
it
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tha
  
ita
  
ISO 639 2/B
tha
  
ita
  
ISO 639 3
tha
  
ita
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
itas
  
Glottocode
thai1261
  
ital1282
  
Linguasphere
47-AAA-b
  
51-AAA-q
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Fusional, Synthetic