Thai

E16655

Tai language language official language tonal language

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

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Tai language → language → official language → tonal language →
belongsToBranch	Southwestern Tai →
closelyRelatedTo	Isan language → Lao language →
country	Thailand →
glottocode	thai1261 →
hasConsonantLetters	44 →
hasDialects	Central Thai → Northeastern Thai → Northern Thai → Southern Thai →
hasPhonemicTones	true →
hasVowelSymbols	32 →
ISO639-1Code	th →
ISO639-2Code	tha →
ISO639-3Code	tha →
languageFamily	Kra–Dai language family → 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	Old Khmer script →
scriptType	Brahmic script →
standardizedBy	Royal Institute Dictionary →
standardVarietyBasedOn	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 →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Bangkok → Mae Sot →	officialLanguage
Vilailuck Teigen →	ethnicity
Thai language ("Central Thai") →	hasDialects
Southern Thailand ("Thai people") →	hasEthnicGroup
SEATO ("Thai language") →	hasLanguage
Tai–Kadai languages ("Thai language") →	includesLanguage
King of Thailand →	language
Thai government ("Thai language") →	languageOfAdministration
Thai Town →	languageUsed
Pali ("Thai language") →	lexicalInfluenceOn
Shan →	relatedEthnicGroup
Thai language ("Central Thai") →	standardVarietyBasedOn