Countries
Thailand
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
National Language
Thailand
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Minority Language
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
South Africa
Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
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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.
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
Similar To
Lao Language
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Derived From
Khmer Language
Latin
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
Hello
Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
Thank you
How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
How are you?
Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
Good Night
Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
Good Evening
Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
Good Afternoon
Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
Good Morning
Please
โปรด (Pord)
Please
Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
Sorry
I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
I love you
Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
Excuse Me
Dialect 1
Isan
American English
Where They Speak
Isan
United States of America
Dialect 2
Northern Thai
Hiberno-English
Where They Speak
Northern Thailand
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Dialect 3
Southern Thai
Welsh English
Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
United Kingdom
Native Name
ภาษาไทย
English
Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
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German Name
Thailändisch
Englisch
Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
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Origin
1283 CE
5th Century AD
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tai
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Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Thai
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Standard Forms
Thai
Standard English
Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language
Signed English
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
engs
Glottocode
thai1261
stan1293
Linguasphere
47-AAA-b
52-ABA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Thai and English Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Thai and English greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Thai and English language. Thai word for "Hello" is สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī) or English word for "Thank You" is Thank you. Find more of such common Thai Greetings and English Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Thai vs English Difficulty
The Thai vs English difficulty level basically depends on the number of Thai Alphabets and English Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Thai and English are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Thai and English, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Thai is 44 weeks while to learn English time required is 6 weeks.