Language code: th

Technical information about ISO 639 language code th

The table below provides technical details for the Thai language, designated by the th code from the ISO 639-1 standard.

Code

th

Name

Official

Thai

Native

ไทย

Family
Tai
Scripts
Text direction

Left-to-Right

Plural rules

More info

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

ISO 8859-11, UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

Supported in Localizely

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

*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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