Thai language
| Thai | |
|---|---|
| ภาษาไทย phasa thai | |
| Native to |  Thailand Myanmar Laos Cambodia Malaysia |
Native speakers | 60-65 million |
| Official status | |
Official language in | Thailand ASEAN |
Recognised minority language in | |
| Regulated by | The Royal Institute |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-1 | th |
| ISO 639-2 | tha |
| ISO 639-3 | tha |
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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: 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
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Thai edition of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- thai-language.com English speakers' online resource for the Thai language
- Thai Online Web Application Archived 2010-11-04 at the Wayback Machine with 105 Interactive Lessons of which the first 10 are free to access.
- Thai Flashcards, online flashcards with sound.
