What percentage of Thailand speaks English?
The official stats put the English speaking percentage of the Thai population at around 27% or just over a quarter. Expats who actually live there put this figure a little lower in their own personal experience – the figure of around 10-15% of the population comes out quite often – see here for example.
What are the top 5 languages spoken in Thailand?
Thai: The National Language
- Central Thai. Thai language is also known as Central Thai.
- Isaan. This name represents all the dialects of the Lao language.
- Southern Thai. People in the South of Thailand speak the Southern Thai dialect.
- Northern Thai. This dialect is spoken in the North of Thailand.
What percent of the world speaks Thai?
Approximately 50 million people speak Thai worldwide. It is used by about 85% of the population in Thailand, as well as by small groups of people in the United States, the United Arab Emirates, and Singapore.
Do they speak a lot of English in Thailand?
Most people in Thailand do not speak English. Although large cities have many people who can speak elementary English words or phrases, nobody speaks English in the rural areas. It’s prudent to learn basic Thai or go on a guided tour when going to Thailand.
Why can’t Thai speak English?
The main reason why Thais don’t want to speak English is that they are shy about their accent. Interestingly many Thais would like to have an American or English accent. While it might sound silly, it is what it is. Many locals who would honestly answer to this question would say the same thing.
Why is English so poor in Thailand?
As much as most Thai teachers work hard to teach their students, few have the skills to teach English correctly. They’ve come up through the same poor high school system, been educated at inadequate universities and taken teacher development courses that are, compared to western standards, useless.
Is Korean and Thai language same?
The Korean and Thai languages belong to different linguistic family. The Korean is the agglutinative language and belongs to Altaic Family. Its syntactic structure is SOV and phonological system is rich of vowel harmony. While the Thai is the isolating language and belongs to Tai Family.
Is Thai and Korean similar languages?
One similarity between Thai and Korean is that both are written from left to right. This is the same writing direction as we are used to in English. But not all languages are like this: Arabic, Hebrew and Persian for example are written from right to left.
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