1 Countries
1.1 Countries
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Thailand
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
Not Available
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.
- There is no space left between words, only between phrases or sentences in Lao language.
- The Lao alphabets has been reformed many times over the past 50 years.
1.9 Similar To
Lao Language
Thai Language
1.10 Derived From
Khmer Language
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
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
Thai and Lao Braille
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
3.2 Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
3.3 How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
3.4 Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
3.5 Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
3.6 Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
3.7 Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
3.8 Please
โปรด (Pord)
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
3.9 Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
3.10 Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
Sôhk dii der
3.11 I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
3.12 Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00NA
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Northern Thai
Northern Lao
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00NA
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Southern Thai
Central Lao
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
Laos
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00NA
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
60.00 million25.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
20.00 million25.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
ภาษาไทย
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
Eastern Thai, Lào, Lao Kao, Lao Wiang, Lao-Lum, Lao-Noi, Lao-Tai, Laotian, Laotian Tai, Lum Lao, Phou Lao, Rong Kong, Tai Lao
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
pʰáːsǎː láːw
5.5 Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
Not Available
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Tai-Kadai Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language
Not Available
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
47-AAA-b
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Isolating