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==Facts about Thai ==
==Facts about Thai ==
*'''Language code (ISO 639-3)''': <code>tha</code>
*'''Language code (ISO 639-3)''': <code>tha</code>
*'''Autonyms''' (''how to write "Thai" in Thai''): <code>ภาษาไทย</code>
*'''Other names for "Thai"''': <code>Bangkok Thai, Central Thai, Siamese, Standard Thai, Thai Klang, Thaiklang</code>
*'''The Thai language is spoken in''': <code>Thailand</code>
Thai is a Tai language of the Kra–Dai language family spoken by Central Thai people and vast majority of Thai Chinese.
It is the national language of Thailand and de facto official language.
Thai is the most spoken of over 60 languages of Thailand by both number of native and overall speakers. Over half of its vocabulary is derived from or borrowed from Pali, Sanskrit, Mon and Old Khmer. It is a tonal and analytic language, similar to Chinese and Vietnamese.
===Sources===
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thai_language
==Thai Dictionaries==
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://dictionary.orst.go.th/ Royal Institute Dictionary]: meanings in Thai
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://transliteration.orst.go.th/search Transliterated words database system]: transliteration of proper names in Thai [[new.htm|[[File:../images/newlink.gif|class=img-0|what's new?]]]]
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english-thai/ Cambridge]: English-Thai dictionary
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://english-thai-dictionary.com/ ETD]: Thai-English dictionary
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://www.thaitux.info/dict/ Thaitux-Lexitron]: Thai-English dictionary
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://dict.longdo.com/ Longdo]: Thai-English dictionary
<span class="jb">•</span> [http://www.sealang.net/thai/dictionary.htm Sealang]: Thai-English dictionary, base on the ''Thai-English student's dictionary'' by Mary Haas (1964) <span class="k">(+ transliteration)</span>
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://www.clickthai-online.com/wbtde/dictionary.php ClickThai]: Thai-English dictionary <span class="k">(+ transliteration)</span> <span class="k">(+ audio)</span>
<span class="jb">•</span> [http://thai-notes.com/dictionaries/predictionary.shtml Thai-notes]: Thai-English dictionary <span class="k">(+ transliteration)</span> <span class="k">(+ audio)</span>
<span class="jb">•</span> [http://www.thai-language.com/dict/ Thai-language.com]: Thai-English dictionary <span class="k">(+ transliteration)</span>
<span class="jb">•</span> [http://www.thai-language.com/category/ thematic vocabulary]
<span class="jb">•</span> [http://www.thai-language.com/default.aspx?ref=phrases common phrases]
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://www.learnwitholiver.com/thai/ Learn with Oliver]: Thai-English dictionary <span class="k">(+ transliteration)</span>
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://www.thai2english.com/dictionary/index.html Thai2English]: Thai-English dictionary <span class="k">(+ transliteration)</span>
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://www.thai2english.com/learn/are-thais-all-one-big-happy-family family terms]
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://dict.naver.com/linedict/enthdict/ LineDict]: English-Thai dictionary [[new.htm|
<span class="jb">•</span> [http://www.francais-thai.com/ Thai-French dictionary]
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://www.loecsen.com/en/learn-thai Loecsen]: Thai-English common phrases <span class="k">(+ audio)</span>
<span class="jb">•</span> [http://www.goethe-verlag.com/book2/EN/ENTH/ENTH002.HTM Goethe-Verlag]: Thai-English common phrases &amp; illustrated [http://www.goethe-verlag.com/book2/_VOCAB/EN/ENTH/ENTH.HTM vocabulary] <span class="k">(+ audio)</span>
<span class="jb">•</span> [http://gwenael.free.fr/wattana/ Wattana]: phrases &amp; conversation, Thai-English &amp; French <span class="k">(+ audio)</span>
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://learn-thai-podcast.com/thai-language-lessons/ Learn-Thai-podcast]: Thai-English vocabulary &amp; common phrases <span class="k">(video)</span>
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://l-lingo.com/free-lessons/en/learn-thai/ L-lingo]: Thai-English vocabulary, by topics <span class="k">(+ audio)</span>
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://www.into-asia.com/culture-and-language Into-Asia]: basic vocabulary - [https://www.into-asia.com/thai_language/grammar/days.php days &amp; months] - [https://www.into-asia.com/thai_language/reference/countries.php country names]
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://fieldsupport.dliflc.edu/index.aspx Defense language institute]: [https://fieldsupport.dliflc.edu/products/thai/th_bc_LSK/default.html basic vocabulary] <span class="k">(+ audio)</span> - [https://fieldsupport.dliflc.edu/products/thai/th_ca_LSK/default.html civil affaires] - [https://fieldsupport.dliflc.edu/products/thai/th_md_LSK/default.html medical]
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://archive.org/details/ahy2419.0001.001.umich.edu?view=theater Siamese-English dictionary] by Basil Osborn Cartwright (1907)
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://archive.org/details/anenglishsiames00mcfagoog?view=theater English-Siamese pronouncing hand-book] by George McFarland (1900)


*'''Autonyms''' (''how to write "Thai" in Thai''): <code>ภาษาไทย</code>
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://archive.org/details/anenglishsiames01mcfagoog?view=theater English-Siamese dictionary] &amp; <span class="x">idiomatic expressions</span> by George McFarland (1903)
 
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://archive.org/details/acl7636.0001.001.umich.edu?view=theater English-Siamese dictionary] by Luang Ratanayatti (1901)
 
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://archive.org/details/siameseenglishdi00michrich?view=theater Siamese-English dictionary] by Edward Blair Michell (1892) or another [https://books.google.com/books?id=5Pm27GSt1HMC&printsec=frontcover version]
 
<span class="jb"></span> [https://archive.org/details/acc0132.0001.001.umich.edu?view=theater English and Siamese vocabulary] by William Gedney (1865)
 
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://archive.org/details/sariphotphsthai00veygoog?view=theater Siamese-French-English dictionary] by Jean-Baptiste Pallegoix &amp; Jean-Louis Vey (1896)


*'''Other names for "Thai"''': <code>Bangkok Thai, Central Thai, Siamese, Standard Thai, Thai Klang, Thaiklang</code>
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://archive.org/details/ahq1047.0001.001.umich.edu?view=theater Dictionarium linguæ thaĭ], <span class="x">sive siamensis, interpretatione latina, gallica et anglica illustratum</span>: Thai-Latin-French-English dictionary, by Jean-Baptiste Pallegoix (1854)


*'''The Thai language is spoken in''': <code>Thailand</code>
<span class="jb"></span> [https://digital.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/suche?queryString=PPN792478800 manuscripts]: lists of words Thai-German-English &amp; English-German-Thai &amp; Thai grammar, by Gottfried Geissler
===Sources===
https://www.lexilogos.com/english/thai_dictionary.htm
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Facts about Thai

  • Language code (ISO 639-3): tha
  • Autonyms (how to write "Thai" in Thai): ภาษาไทย
  • Other names for "Thai": Bangkok Thai, Central Thai, Siamese, Standard Thai, Thai Klang, Thaiklang
  • The Thai language is spoken in: Thailand


Thai is a Tai language of the Kra–Dai language family spoken by Central Thai people and vast majority of Thai Chinese. It is the national language of Thailand and de facto official language.

Thai is the most spoken of over 60 languages of Thailand by both number of native and overall speakers. Over half of its vocabulary is derived from or borrowed from Pali, Sanskrit, Mon and Old Khmer. It is a tonal and analytic language, similar to Chinese and Vietnamese.


Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thai_language

Thai Dictionaries

Royal Institute Dictionary: meanings in Thai

Transliterated words database system: transliteration of proper names in Thai [[new.htm|[[File:../images/newlink.gif|class=img-0|what's new?]]]]

Cambridge: English-Thai dictionary

ETD: Thai-English dictionary

Thaitux-Lexitron: Thai-English dictionary

Longdo: Thai-English dictionary

Sealang: Thai-English dictionary, base on the Thai-English student's dictionary by Mary Haas (1964) (+ transliteration)

ClickThai: Thai-English dictionary (+ transliteration) (+ audio)

Thai-notes: Thai-English dictionary (+ transliteration) (+ audio)

Thai-language.com: Thai-English dictionary (+ transliteration)

thematic vocabulary

common phrases

Learn with Oliver: Thai-English dictionary (+ transliteration)

Thai2English: Thai-English dictionary (+ transliteration)

family terms

LineDict: English-Thai dictionary [[new.htm|

Thai-French dictionary

Loecsen: Thai-English common phrases (+ audio)

Goethe-Verlag: Thai-English common phrases & illustrated vocabulary (+ audio)

Wattana: phrases & conversation, Thai-English & French (+ audio)

Learn-Thai-podcast: Thai-English vocabulary & common phrases (video)

L-lingo: Thai-English vocabulary, by topics (+ audio)

Into-Asia: basic vocabulary - days & months - country names

Defense language institute: basic vocabulary (+ audio) - civil affaires - medical

Siamese-English dictionary by Basil Osborn Cartwright (1907)

English-Siamese pronouncing hand-book by George McFarland (1900)

English-Siamese dictionary & idiomatic expressions by George McFarland (1903)

English-Siamese dictionary by Luang Ratanayatti (1901)

Siamese-English dictionary by Edward Blair Michell (1892) or another version

English and Siamese vocabulary by William Gedney (1865)

Siamese-French-English dictionary by Jean-Baptiste Pallegoix & Jean-Louis Vey (1896)

Dictionarium linguæ thaĭ, sive siamensis, interpretatione latina, gallica et anglica illustratum: Thai-Latin-French-English dictionary, by Jean-Baptiste Pallegoix (1854)

manuscripts: lists of words Thai-German-English & English-German-Thai & Thai grammar, by Gottfried Geissler

Sources

https://www.lexilogos.com/english/thai_dictionary.htm

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