{"id":7454,"date":"2024-06-15T02:14:17","date_gmt":"2024-06-15T02:14:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agencms.cluster030.hosting.ovh.net\/?p=7454"},"modified":"2024-06-15T02:20:17","modified_gmt":"2024-06-15T02:20:17","slug":"les-langues-parlees-en-thailande","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agence-thaitrekadventure.com\/en\/les-langues-parlees-en-thailande\/","title":{"rendered":"Languages spoken in Thailand"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"7454\" class=\"elementor elementor-7454\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"aux-parallax-section elementor-element elementor-element-c07bfad e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c07bfad\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d6fe5b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9d6fe5b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-caf2e12 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"caf2e12\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.19.0 - 28-02-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Languages spoken in Thailand\n<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"aux-parallax-section elementor-element elementor-element-304c496 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"304c496\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e89d06 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1e89d06\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.19.0 - 28-02-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Seventy languages are spoken in Thailand today, and 93 % of them belong to the Tai-Kadai language family (1). Here's an overview of the kingdom's main languages.<\/div><div dir=\"auto\"><br><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">- Standard Thai<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The national language is Thai, formerly called Siamese. Originating from the central region of the country, it is now the mother tongue of about 25 million Thais who call it Passa Klang (\u0e20\u0e32\u0e29\u0e32\u0e01\u0e25\u0e32\u0e07). This standard Thai is taught in all schools across the country. It enables all citizens to communicate with each other and is used for official documentation.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">- Isan Thai<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Used in the Northeast region, Isan Thai (Passa Isan in Thai \u2013 \u0e20\u0e32\u0e29\u0e32\u0e2d\u0e35\u0e2a\u0e32\u0e19) or Lao-Thai is spoken by about 20 million people, many of whom come from nearby Laos. As its name suggests, this language is very close to the one spoken by the Laotians.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">- Northern Thai<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Spoken in northern Thailand by 6 to 7 million people, Northern Thai (Passa Nua \u2013 \u0e20\u0e32\u0e29\u0e32\u0e40\u0e2b\u0e19\u0e37\u0e2d or Passa Kam Mueang \u2013 \u0e20\u0e32\u0e29\u0e32\u0e04\u0e33\u0e40\u0e21\u0e37\u0e2d\u0e07) is mainly used in the provinces of Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Tak, and Lampang. Its roots come from the language used in the ancient Lan Na kingdom. This old language, which has several regional variants, is based on Thai with additions of Mon, Shan, and Sanskrit words and expressions. Its script, which few people master today, has been revived recently and can often be seen on road signs in Chiang Mai.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">- Southern Thai<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Used by populations living in the northern Malay Peninsula (starting from the city of Chumphon), Southern Thai (Pak Thai \u2013 \u0e20\u0e32\u0e04\u0e43\u0e15\u0e49) has about 5 million speakers. It is a sophisticated mix of Thai words and Malay-origin expressions.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">- Yawi<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Spoken by Thais living in the extreme south provinces of Thailand (Patani, Yala, and Narathiwat), this language, very close to Malay, belongs to the Malayo-Polynesian branch of Austronesian languages and has little in common with Thai. Yawi, also called Patani Malay, is spoken by just under 3 million people (the Jawi). Over the 20th century, its written form was progressively replaced by Thai in the schools of the region.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">- Tibeto-Burman Languages<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">In Thailand, Tibeto-Burman languages are spoken by about 300,000 people belonging to ethnic minorities mainly inhabiting the northern mountains (Akha, Lahu, Lisu, etc.). These populations, which arrived in the kingdom throughout the 20th century (from Burma and China), generally do not have a writing system or have lost it.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">- Miao-Yao Languages<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Spoken by about 150,000 Hmong and 50,000 Yao who have lived in the northern mountains of Thailand for a little over half a century, the languages of the Miao-Yao group (or Hmong-Mien) also belong, like Tai-Kadai, to the large Austro-Thai language family.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Other Languages and Dialects<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Thailand also has many other minority languages (and dialects), some of which are now used by only a few hundred speakers (such as the Mlabri or \"People of the Dead Leaves,\" who today number only about 300 individuals in the kingdom). According to the country\u2019s leading linguists, about fifteen of these languages could disappear within the next fifty years. The promotion of standard Thai, which aims to strengthen national unity across all regions of the country (2), is obviously the main reason for this trend.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">(1) The Tai-Kadai (or Kadai) languages form a family of about one hundred idioms mainly used in the Indochina Peninsula (Thailand, Laos, Burma), with the main languages being Thai, Lao, Shan, Ahom, and Zhuang. They are believed to have originated from Austronesian languages primarily modified by languages spoken in southern China.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">(2) For the Thai authorities, the integration of minority ethnic groups is mainly through learning the Thai language. Over the past fifty years, thousands of schools have been established in all regions of the kingdom, including the most remote and mountainous, to educate newly arrived populations in this way.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><br><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Text: Emmanuel Perv\u00e9<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seventy languages are spoken in Thailand today, and 93 % of them belong to the Tai-Kadai language family (1). 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