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Languages of Thailand
Sign at Hua Hin railway station in Central Thai, English, Chinese, Japanese and Korean.
OfficialCentral Thai (96% L1+L2)
VernacularCentral Thai (40% L1),
Isan (33% L1),
Northern Thai (11% L1),
Southern Thai (9% L1)
Minority
  • Akha
  • Chong
  • Hakka
  • Hmong
  • Iu Mien
  • Kaloeng
  • Karenics (Red Karen (Eastern Kayah) * S'gaw Karen)
  • Kensiu
  • Khmer (Northern * Western)
  • Khmu
  • Kuy
  • Lahu
  • Lisu
  • Mal
  • Malay (Pattani Malay * Satun Malay * Bangkok Malay * Songkhla Malay)
  • Mandarin (Southwestern)
  • Min (Teochew * Hokkien * Hainanese * Hokchew)
  • Mon
  • Nyah Kur
  • Phu Thai
  • Phuan
  • Pwos (Eastern * Northern * Phrae)
  • Shan
  • Tai Lue
  • Thai Song
  • Urak Lawoi’
  • Vietnamese
  • Yoy
  • Bisu
  • Blang
  • Bru
  • Cham
  • Gong
  • Hani
  • Jahai
  • Jingpho
  • Kasong
  • Khün
  • Kintaq
  • Lamet
  • Lao Nyo
  • Lawa
  • Mlabri
  • Mok
  • Moklenic (Moken * Moklen)
  • Mpi
  • Nuosu
  • Palaung
  • Phunoi
  • Prai
  • Saek
  • Samre
  • Sa'och
  • Tai Dam
  • Tai Nuea
  • Tai Ya
  • Tai Yo
  • Ten'edn
  • Thavung
  • Wa
  • Yong
  • Yue Chinese (Cantonese * Goulou Yue)
Immigrant
  • Burmese
Foreign
  • Arabic
  • Burmese
  • Standard Chinese
  • English
  • French
  • German
  • Hindi
  • Italian
  • Japanese
  • Khmer
  • Korean
  • Lao
  • Malay (Indonesian * Malaysian)
  • Punjabi
  • Russian
  • Spanish
  • Tamil
  • Vietnamese
SignedBan Khor Sign Language, Chiangmai Sign Language, Old Bangkok Sign Language, Thai Sign Language
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Thailand is home to 51 living indigenous languages and 24 living non-indigenous languages,[1] with the majority of people speaking languages of the Southwestern Tai family, and the national language being Central Thai. Lao is spoken along the borders with the Lao PDR, Karen languages are spoken along the border with Myanmar, Khmer is spoken near Cambodia and Malay is spoken in the south near Malaysia. Sixty-two 'domestic' languages are officially recognized, and international languages spoken in Thailand, primarily by international workers, expatriates and business people, include Burmese, Karen, English, Chinese, Japanese, and Vietnamese, among others.[2]

  1. ^ "Thailand". Ethnologue. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Population by language, sex and urban/rural residence". data.un.org. Retrieved 26 March 2024.

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Malay language

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Austronesian language that is an official language of Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore, and that is also spoken in East Timor and parts of Thailand. Altogether...

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Kintaq language

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Austroasiatic language spoken in Malaysia and Thailand. It belongs to the Northern Aslian sub-branch of the Aslian languages. The small number of speakers...

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Thai Song language

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Khmer language

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determines which sets of vocabulary, such as pronouns and honorifics, are proper. Khmer differs from neighboring languages such as Burmese, Thai, Lao, and Vietnamese...

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Lao language

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Lisu language

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