Thai Language

Note also that there is an alphabet for the consonants (44, two of which are now out of commission) and an alphabet for vowels (subdivided into simple vowels and the vowels compound for a total of 32.

Another of the particularities of Thai writing is not to separate the words of a sentence. Since there is no punctuation, it uses a spacing to mark a division in a text.

In Thai alphabet: "Nothing dries more quickly than a tear."

The Thais speak one of the many varieties of Thai. The grounding remains difficult among the four Thai languages, but not impossible. The official language, we repeat, is the Siamese Thai, formerly known as the Siamese. The Thai belongs to the family Thai-kadai.

The Thai is spoken not only in Thailand but also in Laos (including language, Lao is very close relative of Thai, with an almost identical script and easy grounding), in China (where the principal language Thai, Zhuang , is spoken by 15 million people in the provinces of Guangxi and Yunnan) and Burma (where the entire Shan State in the east is Thai language). It is believed that the Lao of Laos is a variant of Thai dialect. The Thai and Lao both written with an alphabet derived from the Khmer alphabet, itself derived from Indian languages. As for the Zhuang spoken in China, it is written in Chinese ideograms and grounding with the Thai is virtually impossible. The other group of Thai language is not practically written.

The Thai (Thai) is considered difficult because of its tonal system - four tones: high, low, rising, descending and normal (fifth) - its nine vowels bases that may be short or long, 44 consonants, and so on. It can be written, let us remember, with an alphabet derived from the Khmer alphabet, fired languages of India

The grammar and the phonetics of Thai are very close to the Chinese, whether, for example, the role of tones, the use of the word or numératifs many. All words are invariable: there are no female or plural or conjugation. In addition, the concept of small-capitalization is non-existent in Thai.
Finally, we emphasize that, as in several Asian languages (including Khmer,Vietnamese, Lao, and so on.

The Thai expressed in a very precise nuances onpoliteness: for example, pronouns and sometimes vocabulary vary depending on age, sex, social function of the speaker, and the respect that he brings. Also, since the seventeenth century, Thailand uses a language of "court", a variety of Thai phasa ratchasap known, but the current king, Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX, 1946 -), has always encouraged the use of the Thai central (Siamese). Meanwhile, the Pali, a religious language still used, is gradually being replaced by the Thai central in many official ceremonies and sacred texts.