Tourism is one of the key economic factors in Thailand, formerly known as Siam. Beautiful temples, sandy beaches, delectable Thai cuisine, gleaming shopping centers and warm hospitality make Thailand one of the top tourist destinations in the world. Naturally, a large number of companies are spreading their business in Thailand which in turn had led to the growing demand for Thai language translations. After all, if a company has to do business in Thailand or in any other country, it has to offer its products and services in a language which natives can understand.
Thai language or Siamese belongs to the Tai group of Tai–Kadai language family. It is the official language of Thailand is also spoken by Thai people living in the UAE, Singapore and the USA. Thai script is derived or influenced by Old Khmer script, which is based on the Brahmic script. However around1292 CE, Khmer script was altered to create a new writing system. Thai is an analytic and tonal language with 5 tones - mid, low, falling, high and rising. These tones help to ascertain the tone of a syllable.
Thai vocabulary has heavily borrowed words from Sanskrit, Old Khmer and Pali. Most of the scientific and technical words in Thai language are English. There are 44 consonants in Thai alphabet and 18 vowels. 8 letters of the alphabet are used only for writing words of Sanskrit and Pali origin. In Thai language, no space is used between words. And if space is used in a text, it indicates the end of a sentence.
There are various dialects in Thai language such as Lanna dialect, Isan, Phasa Nuea, Thai Luang, Tai Long and more. Standard Thai is spoken by people in Bangkok.
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