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Thai Language



Countries
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Countries
Thailand 0

Total No. Of Countries
1 14

National Language
Thailand 0

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries 0

Speaking Continents
Asia 0

Minority Language
Burma, Cambodia, Laos 0

Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา) 0

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.
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Similar To
Lao Language 0

Derived From
Khmer Language 0

Alphabets
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Alphabets in
Thai-Alphabets.jpg#200 0

Alphabets
44 24

Phonology
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How Many Vowels
32 21

How Many Consonants
44 33

Scripts
Thai 0

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal 0

Hard to Learn
0

Language Levels
3 2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks 11

Greetings
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Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī) 0

Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ) 0

How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?) 0

Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī) 0

Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī) 0

Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy) 0

Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒) 0

Please
โปรด (Pord) 0

Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ) 0

Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn) 0

I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ) 0

Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ) 0

Dialects
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Dialect 1
Isan 0

Where They Speak
Isan 0

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00 10

Dialect 2
Northern Thai 0

Where They Speak
Northern Thailand 0

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00 13

Dialect 3
Southern Thai 0

Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi 0

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00 8

Total No. Of Dialects
9 9

How Many People Speak
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How Many People Speak?
60.00 million 27

Speaking Population
0.85 % 23

Native Speakers
20.00 million 37

Second Language Speakers
40.00 million 15

Native Name
ภาษาไทย 0

Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang 0

French Name
thaï 0

German Name
Thailändisch 0

Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj] 0

Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese 0

History
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Origin
1283 CE 0

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family 0

Subgroup
Tai 0

Branch
Not Available 0

Language Forms
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Early Forms
Old Thai 0

Standard Forms
Thai 0

Language Position
47 34

Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language 0

Scope
Individual 0

Code
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ISO 639 1
th 0

ISO 639 2
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ISO 639 2/T
tha 0

ISO 639 2/B
tha 0

ISO 639 3
tha 0

ISO 639 6
Not Available 0

Glottocode
thai1261 0

Linguasphere
47-AAA-b 0

Types of Language
0

Language Type
Living 0

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object 0

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating 0

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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.

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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.

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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.

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