1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Thailand
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
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
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
Thai
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks
Rank: 11 (Overall) ▶
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) ▶
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) ▶
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) ▶
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
Rank: 27 (Overall) ▶
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
0.85 %
Rank: 23 (Overall) ▶
0.11
89
5.3 Native Speakers
20.00 million
Rank: 37 (Overall) ▶
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
40.00 million
Rank: 15 (Overall) ▶
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
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