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1 Countries

1.1 Countries

Thailand

1.2 Total No. Of Countries

1
Rank: 14 (Overall)
Bhojpuri
0 46

1.3 National Language

Thailand

1.4 Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries

1.5 Speaking Continents

Asia

1.6 Minority Language

Burma, Cambodia, Laos

1.7 Regulated By

Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)

1.8 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.

1.9 Similar To

Lao Language

1.10 Derived From

Khmer Language

2 Alphabets

2.1 Alphabets in

2.2 Alphabets

44
Rank: 24 (Overall)
Irish
18 247

2.3 Phonology

2.3.1 How Many Vowels

32
Rank: 21 (Overall)
Hebrew
0 32

2.3.2 How Many Consonants

44
Rank: 33 (Overall)
German
9 60

2.4 Scripts

Thai

2.5 Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal

2.6 Hard to Learn

2.6.1 Language Levels

3
Rank: 2 (Overall)
Bengali
2 12

2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks
Rank: 11 (Overall)
Cebuano
3 88

3 Greetings

3.1 Hello

สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)

3.2 Thank You

ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)

3.3 How Are You?

คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)

3.4 Good Night

นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)

3.5 Good Evening

สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)

3.6 Good Afternoon

สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)

3.7 Good Morning

อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)

3.8 Please

โปรด (Pord)

3.9 Sorry

ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)

3.10 Bye

ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)

3.11 I Love You

ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)

3.12 Excuse Me

ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)

4 Dialects

4.1 Dialect 1

Isan

4.1.1 Where They Speak

Isan

4.1.2 How Many People Speak

20,000,000.00
Rank: 10 (Overall)
Macedonian
1.5 960000000

4.2 Dialect 2

Northern Thai

4.2.1 Where They Speak

Northern Thailand

4.2.2 How Many People Speak

6,000,000.00
Rank: 13 (Overall)
Dzongkha
700 80000000

4.3 Dialect 3

Southern Thai

4.3.1 Where They Speak

Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi

4.3.2 How Many People Speak

4,500,000.00
Rank: 8 (Overall)
Romanian
1400 96000000

4.4 Total No. Of Dialects

9
Rank: 9 (Overall)
Sanskrit
0 188

5 How Many People Speak

5.1 How Many People Speak?

60.00 million
Rank: 27 (Overall)
Abkhaz
0.13 1200

5.2 Speaking Population

0.85 %
Rank: 23 (Overall)
Xhosa
0.11 89

5.3 Native Speakers

20.00 million
Rank: 37 (Overall)
Abkhaz
0.13 873

5.3.1 Second Language Speakers

40.00 million
Rank: 15 (Overall)
Finnish
0.01 400

5.3.2 Native Name

ภาษาไทย

5.3.3 Alternative Names

Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang

5.3.4 French Name

thaï

5.3.5 German Name

Thailändisch

5.4 Pronunciation

[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]

5.5 Ethnicity

Central Thai and Thai Chinese

6 History

6.1 Origin

1283 CE

6.2 Language Family

Tai-Kadai Family

6.2.1 Subgroup

Tai

6.2.2 Branch

Not Available

6.3 Language Forms

6.3.1 Early Forms

Old Thai

6.3.2 Standard Forms

Thai

6.3.3 Language Position

47
Rank: 34 (Overall)
Chinese
1 120

6.3.4 Signed Forms

Thai Sign Language

6.4 Scope

Individual

7 Code

7.1 ISO 639 1

th

7.2 ISO 639 2

7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T

tha

7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B

tha

7.3 ISO 639 3

tha

7.4 ISO 639 6

Not Available

7.5 Glottocode

thai1261

7.6 Linguasphere

47-AAA-b

7.7 Types of Language

7.7.1 Language Type

Living

7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object

7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology

Analytic, Isolating

Origin of Thai language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Thai language is one of the Most Spoken Languages. The origin of Thai language states that it was put to use in 1283 CE. The history of Thai language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Thai Language History.The evolution of Thai language began with early forms such as Old Thai. Thai is the standard form of Thai language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Thai Language.

Thai population

Thai population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Thai language. Thai language is spoken by 60.00 million people in the world. Most of the Thai population lies in the Thai Speaking Countries. Thai language is spoken as first language by 20.00 million people and as second language by about 40.00 million people. Get to know Thai speaking population in detail.

Thai writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Thai writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Thai language. Some languages share common writing systems. Thai script is used by Thai language. Learn more about . 

Information about Thai language

Check out all the information about Thai language here. You may find it interesting to learn Thai Alphabets or the vowels and consonants of this language. Also knowing about Thai Speaking Countries, Thai speaking continents and Thai Dialects will help in improving your knowledge about this language. Also while travelling to Thai countries knowing common Thai Greetings will help you in communicating with Thai people.