The Thai Language at Cornell - Department of Asian Studies

Thai Language At Cornell

Wat Hua Lamphong, Rama IV Road. (Bangkok, 2001)
Photographer: Kriengkrai Waiyakij [courtesy via Chiranan Prasertkul]

Language Contact Person: Ngampit Jagacinski
Phone: 255-3099
Office: 186 Rockefeller

Thai

		Country: Population: 64,265, 276 (2003 est.) Capital: Bangkok (BKK) Land area: 198,455 sq. mi. People: Thai 75%, Chinese 14%, Others 11% Religion: Buddhism 94.4%, Islam 4%, Hindu 1.1%, Christian .5% State: Parliamentary system constituional monarchy The Thai language: Official language based on Bangkok speech Analytic language with 5 tones Indic derived alphabetic writing system Resources: Thai newspapers in English http://www.bangkokpost.com/ http://www.nationmultimedia.com/ Thai newspapers in Thai http://www.matichon.co.th/ http://www.dailynews.co.th/ http://www.thairath.co.th/ http://www.siamrath.co.th/ Thai materials Wason Collection in Kroch Library at Olin Library, Cornell Events in New York city http://www.thailinks.org


Write English names in Thai

Cornell Area Program Affiliation: Southeast Asia Program

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