Language/Thai
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Welcome to the Thai learning page!
You will find below many free resources to learn and practice this language.
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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)
• Learn with Oliver: Thai-English dictionary (+ transliteration)
• Thai2English: Thai-English dictionary (+ transliteration)
• LineDict: English-Thai dictionary [[new.htm|
• 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