Thai

E16655

Thai is the official national language of Thailand, belonging to the Tai-Kadai language family and written in its own unique script.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Thai canonical 15
Thai language 4
Central Thai 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Tai language
language
official language
tonal language
belongsToBranch Southwestern Tai
closelyRelatedTo Lao
surface form: Isan language

Lao
surface form: Lao language
country Thailand
glottocode thai1261
hasConsonantLetters 44
hasDialects Thai self-linksurface differs
surface form: Central Thai

Lao
surface form: Northeastern Thai

Southwestern Tai
surface form: Northern Thai

Southwestern Tai
surface form: Southern Thai
hasPhonemicTones true
hasVowelSymbols 32
ISO639-1Code th
ISO639-2Code tha
ISO639-3Code tha
languageFamily Tai–Kadai languages
surface form: Kra–Dai language family

Tai–Kadai languages
surface form: Tai-Kadai language family
majorityLanguageIn Bangkok
nativeName ภาษาไทย
numberOfTones 5
officialLanguageOf Thailand
primaryCountry Thailand
primaryScriptInUseSinceCentury 13th century
region Southeast Asia
regulatesLanguage Royal Society of Thailand
scriptDerivedFrom Khmer script
surface form: Old Khmer script
scriptType Brahmic scripts
surface form: Brahmic script
standardizedBy Royal Institute Dictionary
standardVarietyBasedOn Thai self-linksurface differs
surface form: Central Thai
usedAsSecondLanguageIn Cambodia
Laos
Myanmar
usedFor administration in Thailand
education in Thailand
literature in Thailand
usedIn Thai education system
Thai government
Thai mass media
usesAlphabet abugida
usesNumerals Thai numerals
writingDirection left-to-right
writingSystem Thai script
writingSystemFeatures consonant classes
no spaces between words
tone marks

Referenced by (22)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Thai Town languageUsed Thai
Thai hasDialects Thai self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Thai language
this entity surface form: Central Thai
Thai standardVarietyBasedOn Thai self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Thai language
this entity surface form: Central Thai
SEATO hasLanguage Thai
this entity surface form: Thai language
southern Thailand hasEthnicGroup Thai
subject surface form: Southern Thailand
this entity surface form: Thai people
Pali lexicalInfluenceOn Thai
this entity surface form: Thai language
Tai–Kadai languages includesLanguage Thai
this entity surface form: Thai language
Shan relatedEthnicGroup Thai
Thai government languageOfAdministration Thai
this entity surface form: Thai language
Sulak languageSpoken Thai
Pattani language Thai