Thai language

Thai
Thai
??????? phasa thai
Native to	Thailand ; Myanmar ; Laos ; Cambodia ; Malaysia
Native speakers	60-65 million
Language family	Kra?Dai Kam-Tai Be-Tai Tai-Sek Tai Southwestern East Central Chiang Saeng Thai ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
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	th
ISO 639-2	tha
ISO 639-3	tha

The Thai language is the national and official language 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 [ change | change source ]

Thai is a tone language , like Chinese.

Writing System [ change | change source ]

The Thai alphabet has 44 consonants: ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

The alphabet has Thai numbers:

? 1
? 2
? 3
? 4
? 5
? 6
? 7
? 8
? 9
? 0

Other websites [ change | change source ]

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.

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