The national language of Thailand, Thai is a member of the Tai group of the Tai-Kadai language family. The Tai-Kadai languages are thought to have originated in what is now southern China, and some linguists have proposed links to the Austroasiatic, Austronesian, or Sino-Tibetan language families. It is a tonal and analytic language. The combination of tonality, a complex orthography, relational markers and a distinctive phonology can make Thai difficult to learn for those who do not already speak a related language.
Standard Thai, also known as Central Thai or Siamese, is the official language of Thailand, spoken by about 65 million people (1990) including speakers of Bangkok Thai (although the latter is sometimes considered as a separate dialect). Khorat Thai is spoken by about 400,000 (1984) in Nakhon Ratchasima; it occupies a linguistic position somewhere between Central Thai and Isan on a dialect continuum, and may be considered a variant or dialect of either.
Transliteration
The ISO published an international standard for the transliteration of Thai into Roman script in September 2003 (ISO 11940). By adding diacritics to the Latin letters, it makes the transcription reversible, making it a true transliteration. This system is intended for academic use and is hardly ever used in Thailand for the common public.
Thai Translation Services
Corporate Translations Ltd is a professional UK translation agency based in Essex near London UK, providing English to Thai and Thai to English translations for clients in the UK and Thailand. Our qualified translators are specially selected so they have experience of your businesses market. As a professional Thai translation company we only employ native mother-tongue speaking Thai translators and English native speakers with a high language qualification when translating into English which helps with accuracy and the correct use of business terminology. Our translation expertise includes business, legal, financial, technical, medical, engineering, media and website copy.
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Thai Typesetting Services
We provide Thai typesetting services for marketing collateral including brochures, business cards, stationery, packaging labels and export documentation.
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