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Thai language
Native to: Thailand
Native speakers: 20 million
Writing system: Thai script
Capital city: Bangkok
Currency: Baht (THB)
Dialing code: +66
Country code: TH
Population: 66,720,153
Thai is a Tai-Kadai language spoken by about 65 million people mainly in Thailand (?????????), and also in the Midway Islands, Singapore, the UAE and the USA. Thai is closely related to Lao, and northern dialects of Thai are more or less mutually intelligible with Lao, particularly the Lao spoken in northern Thailand. Thai vocabulary includes many words from Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer. The Thai alphabet was probably derived from, or at least influenced by, the Old Khmer alphabet. According to tradition it was created in 1283 by King Ramkhamhaeng. The Thai alphabet is used to write Thai, Sanskrit, Pali, and a number of minority languages spoken in Thailand. Type of writing system: syllabic alphabet consisting of 44 basic consonants, each with an inherent vowel: [o] in medial position and [a] in final position. The [a] is usually found in words of Sanskrit, Pali or Khmer origin while the [o] is found native Thai words. The 18 other vowels and 6 diphthongs are indicated using diacritics which appear in front of, above, below of after the consonants they modify.