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Thai is natively spoken by about 38 million people, primarily in Thailand, where it is the official language. It is integral to Thai cultural identity, known for its Buddhist temples, traditional dance forms like Khon, and vibrant festivals such as Songkran. Written in the Thai script, Thai grammar features a subject-verb-object (SVO) word order, no grammatical gender or verb conjugation for tense, and a system of particles to indicate grammatical relationships and mood.
Stats
Language Family: Kra-Dai
Writing System: Thai
Writing System Type: Abugida
Writing Direction: L to R
Tones / Pitch Accent: 5
Morphology: Analytic
Cases: 0
Grammatical Gender / Noun Class: 0
Number of Verb Tenses: 0
Word Order: SVO
Number of Vowels (Monophthongs): 18
Number of Consonants: 44
Areas Where Spoken
Thailand (official) (52.6%) (37.7 mil)
Resources
Apps
This is a game I (Ender) play... It isn't Thai related but you can meet a lot of Thai people in Facebook groups related to the game and then hangout with them in game https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tgc.sky.android
Books
MEB https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.askmedia.meb
ReadAWrite https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.meb.raw2
นิยาย Dek-D https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dekd.apps
Videos
Thai YouTube channels for entertainment: (Minecraft content)
https://youtube.com/@tackle4826mc https://youtube.com/@ZEROKUNGxd (Identity V)
https://youtube.com/@SKYFALLV (Animations)
YouTube channels for learning:
Pūd is kind of like Vox, tackling social problems and scientific concepts, but they also have a podcast that I like to listen to https://youtube.com/@PudProduction
Salmon House is an advertising firm that honestly makes funnier comedy than comedians https://youtube.com/@SalmonHouse