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Languages Spoken in Thailand

Official: Thai

Thailand has a population of 69.9 million and is home to several distinct language communities, with 8 languages meeting our inclusion threshold. Thai serves as the official language. Of the languages spoken in Thailand, 3 are supported by LEXIGO's professional translation services.

69.9M
Population
8
Languages
3
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Languages spoken in Thailand

Thai Official
Thai script, romanization of Thai
LEXIGO translation services →
80%
CLDR
English
English Braille, English alphabet
LEXIGO translation services →
27%
CLDR
Northeastern Thai
Thai script
24%
CLDR
Northern Thai
Tai Tham, Thai script
10%
CLDR
Southern Thai
Thai script
8%
CLDR
Pattani Malay
Arabic script, Latin script
5%
CLDR
Chinese
Chinese characters, simplified Chinese characters
LEXIGO translation services →
2%
CLDR
Northern Khmer
Thai script
2%
CLDR
CIA World Factbook

"Thai (official) only 90.7%, Thai and other languages 6.4%, only other languages 2.9% (includes Malay, Burmese); English is a secondary language among the elite (2010 est.)"

Data sources
Unicode CLDR (population percentages)
CIA World Factbook (official languages)
Wikidata (language families, scripts)
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