Wiki Languages: Thai language (ไทย)
Updated: 17-07-2024 by Wikilanguages.net
| Language: Thai (Thai language) | Local name: ไทย |
| Language code: th | Display language: Simple English (simple)|
| Speak area: Thailand | Classification: Kra-Dai |
| Country: Thailand | Second language: |
| Usage: national | Wiki language for Thai language |
Dictionary for Thai (ไทย) in Simple English
| English | Thai |
| ไทย | Simple English |
| Thai | |
|---|---|
| ภาษาไทยphasa thai | |
| Native to |  Thailand Myanmar Laos Cambodia Malaysia |
Native speakers | 60-65 million |
Language family | Kra–Dai
|
| Official status | |
Official language in | Thailand ASEAN |
Recognised minority language in |  Indonesia Myanmar Cambodia Laos |
| Regulated by | The Royal Institute |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-1 | |
| ISO 639-2 | |
| ISO 639-3 | tha |
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TheThai language is the national and officiallanguage of Thailand. It is the first language of the Thai people, Thailand's main ethnic group. Thai is closely related to the Lao language. In fact, some dialects of Thai and Lao are mutually intelligible, meaning that speakers of one language can talk with and understand speakers of the other language without knowing the other's language.
Sounds
Thai is a tone language, like Chinese.
Writing System
The Thai alphabet has 44 consonants: ก ข ฃ ค ฅ ฆ ง จ ฉ ช ซ ฌ ญ ฎ ฏ ฐ ฑ ฒ ณ ด ต ถ ท ธ น บ ป ผ ฝ พ ฟ ภ ม ย ร ล ว ศ ษ ส ห ฬ อ ฮ
The alphabet has Thai numbers:
- ๑ 1
- ๒ 2
- ๓ 3
- ๔ 4
- ๕ 5
- ๖ 6
- ๗ 7
- ๘ 8
- ๙ 9
- ๐ 0
Other websites
- thai-language.com English speakers' online resource for the Thai language
- Thai Online Web Application with 105 Interactive Lessons of which the first 10 are free to access.
- Thai Flashcards, online flashcards with sound.