ISO 639-3 · thatha
Kra–Dai family
Thai
ภาษาไทย
Thai is a language of the Southwestern Tai branch (Kra–Dai), spoken in Thailand, Cambodia, Malaysia and Myanmar. Wikidata counts 20.7 m first-language speakers (2019) and 40 m who speak it as a second language. Wikidata describes it as “Tai language”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
tha- ISO 639-1
th- Glottocode
thai1261- Family
- Kra–Dai
- EGIDS
- 1 National
- UNESCO
- Safe
- Centre point
- 14.19, 100.67
- Wikipedia
- 172 language editions
20.7 mfirst-language speakers
40 msecond-language speakers
4countries
2scripts
4levels in the tree
1EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Thai · ภาษาไทย |
|---|---|
| Also called | Central Thai, Siamese, Thai language, Siamese language |
| L1 speakers | 20,700,000 (2019) |
| L2 speakers | 40,000,000 (2001) |
| Written in | Thai script, romanisation of Thai |
| Official in | Thailand |
Vitality
EGIDS 1 National1
Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Safe
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Kra–Dai to Thai
The branches above Thai, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in Thailand
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