Countries
Thailand
  
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
  
National Language
Thailand
  
Moldova, Romania
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Kazakhstan, Russia
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
  
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
  
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li
  
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.
  
- Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
- The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  
Similar To
Lao Language
  
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.
  
Derived From
Khmer Language
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Thai-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Romanian.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Thai
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
alo
  
Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
  
multumesc
  
How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
  
ce mai faci?
  
Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
  
noapte Buna
  
Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
buna Seara
  
Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
  
buna Ziua
  
Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
  
bună Dimineața
  
Please
โปรด (Pord)
  
Vă Rog
  
Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
scuze
  
Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
  
La revedere
  
I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
  
Te iubesc
  
Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
Scuza-Ma
  
Dialect 1
Isan
  
Aromanian
  
Where They Speak
Isan
  
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 2
Northern Thai
  
Megleno-Romanian
  
Where They Speak
Northern Thailand
  
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00
  
13
Dialect 3
Southern Thai
  
Istro-Romanian
  
Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
  
Croatia
  
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00
  
8
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
28.00 million
  
38
Native Speakers
20.00 million
  
37
24.00 million
  
33
Second Language Speakers
40.00 million
  
15
4.00 million
  
30
Native Name
ภาษาไทย
  
Română
  
Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
  
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian
  
French Name
thaï
  
roumain; moldave
  
German Name
Thailändisch
  
Rumänisch
  
Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
  
[roˈmɨnə]
  
Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
  
Romanians
  
Origin
1283 CE
  
1521
  
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Tai
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Thai
  
Proto-Romanian
  
Standard Forms
Thai
  
Romanian
  
Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language
  
Romanian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
th
  
ro
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tha
  
ron
  
ISO 639 2/B
tha
  
rum
  
ISO 639 3
tha
  
ron
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
thai1261
  
roma1327
  
Linguasphere
47-AAA-b
  
51-AAD-c
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Synthetic