Language code: th
Technical information about ISO 639 language code th
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The table below provides technical details for the Thai language, designated by the th code from the ISO 639-1 standard.
| Code |
|
| Standard | |
| Name | Official Thai Native ไทย |
| Family | Tai |
| Scripts | |
| Text direction | Left-to-Right |
| Plural rules | |
| Language varieties | Central Thai (Standard Thai)Northern Thai (Kam Mueang)Northeastern Thai (Isan)Southern Thai (Pak Tai) |
| Related languages | LaoShanTai DamTai Lue |
| Key facts | Tonal language with five distinct tonesWritten in its own abugida script derived from Old KhmerHighly analytic, relying on particles and word order rather than inflectionBasic clause order is Subject-Verb-ObjectNoun counting requires measure words (classifiers) alongside numerals |
| Sample phrase | สวัสดี คุณสบายดีไหม? |
| Character encodings | |
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Thai belongs to the Kra-Dai language family, specifically the Tai subgroup. It is the official language of Thailand and is also spoken by Thai-speaking communities in neighboring regions, particularly along border areas with Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, and Myanmar. Thai is written using the Thai script. It is estimated that there are around 60 million speakers worldwide.
Language presence globally
Speakers
60M
*The graph shows a rough estimate of Thai speakers in countries where it is an official or minority language.
Related locale codes
th-TH – Thai (Thailand)
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- Reports and Statistics
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- What is Localizely?
- Getting started
- Localization workflow
- Translation editor
- Flutter Over-the-Air updates
- Flutter In-Context Editing
- Project branching
- Professional translation services
- Machine Translation
- AI Translation
- Translation Memory
- Glossary
- Reports and statistics
- Figma integration
- AWS S3 integration
- GitHub integration
- GitLab integration
- Bitbucket integration
- CLI
- Configuration file
- Supported file formats
- Language & Country Codes
- Referral Program
- I18N Questions
- FAQ