Thai language

E316763

Thai language is the official national language of Thailand, a tonal Tai-Kadai language used in government, education, media, and daily communication throughout the country.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Thai language canonical 66
Standard Thai 8
Old Thai 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Tai-Kadai language
language
official language
tonal language
basicWordOrder SVO
closelyRelatedTo Lao language
linked to: Lao
hasClassifiers true
hasConsonantClasses true
hasLoanwordsFrom Chinese
English
Old Khmer
Pali
Sanskrit
hasPhonemicConsonants true
hasPhonemicLengthContrast true
hasPhonemicVowels true
hasPoliteParticles true
hasToneSystem true
hasWritingSystemSinceCentury 13th century
ISO639-1Code th
ISO639-2Code tha
languageFamily Tai-Kadai language family
majorDialect Central Thai
Northeastern Thai
Northern Thai
Southern Thai
morphologicalType analytic
nativeName ภาษาไทย
numberOfTones 5
officialLanguageOf Thailand
politeParticleFemale ค่ะ
politeParticleMale ครับ
primaryCountry Thailand
region Southeast Asia
regulator Royal Society of Thailand
scriptDirection left-to-right
standardVarietyBasedOn Bangkok dialect
subfamily Southwestern Tai
usedAsSecondLanguageIn neighboring countries of Thailand
usedIn daily communication in Thailand
education in Thailand
government of Thailand
mass media in Thailand
usesSpacesBetweenClauses true
usesSpacesBetweenWords false
writingSystem Thai script
writingSystemType abugida

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (79)

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

Southwestern Tai hasMajorLanguage Thai language
Royal Institute Dictionary subject Thai language
Korat, Thailand localDialect Korat Thai dialect
linked to: Thai language
Lao influencedBy Thai language
Thai script writingSystemFor Thai language
Zhuang language closelyRelatedTo Thai language
Northern Thailand language Thai language
subject linked to: northern Thailand
Aslian branch contactWith Thai language
Pearic languages languageShiftTo Thai language
Thai American languageUsed Thai language
Tai languages hasMajorLanguage Thai language
Tai languages hasStandardLanguage Standard Thai
linked to: Thai language
Chachoengsao Province languageUsed Thai language
Isan hasOfficialLanguage Thai language
Southern Thai language isMutuallyIntelligibleWith Standard Thai
linked to: Thai language
Southern Thai language hasLexicalInfluenceFrom Standard Thai
linked to: Thai language
Tai Phake language closelyRelatedTo Thai language
Sukhothai period languageUsed Old Thai
linked to: Thai language
Tai Dam language closelyRelatedTo Thai language
Tai Ya language closelyRelatedTo Thai language
Phu Thai language relatedTo Thai language
Nyo language relatedTo Thai language
Khamti language closelyRelatedTo Thai language
Khamti language lexicalSimilarityWith Thai language
Moei River languageOfName Thai language
Dien Bien province localLanguages Thai language
Northern Thai language isNotMutuallyIntelligibleWith Standard Thai
linked to: Thai language
Tai Tham–Thai family scriptFamilyOf Central Thai language
linked to: Thai language
King Ramathibodi I languageContext Old Thai
linked to: Thai language
Thonburi Kingdom officialLanguage Thai language
Thai people language Thai language
Queen Amarindra nativeLanguage Thai language
Lanna language influencedBy Standard Thai
linked to: Thai language
Tachileik languageUsed Thai language
Phitsanulok province languageUsed Thai language
Lam Dom Noi River hasLanguageRegion Thai language
Ko Khai languageRegion Thai language
Panthongtae Shinawatra nativeLanguage Thai language
Naval Chaplain School primaryLanguage Thai language
Central Thai language Standard Thai
linked to: Thai language