Central Thai is the official language, with other dialects being spoken in the country. Chinese and Malay are spoken by many people. Thai is a tonal language, meaning that a given syllable can have different meanings depending on the inflection with which it is pronounced. Central Thai has five tones.
| Do you speak English? | Khun phuut phasaa angkrit dai mai? |
| Excuse me | Khaw thot |
| Fine / Good | Sabay di |
| Goodbye | La khon |
| Hello | Sawa't-di |
| How are you? (male greeting) | Pen yang-ngai? |
| I'm pleased to meet you | Yin-di thi dai rujak |
| Merry Christmas | Suksan Christmas |
| Thank you | Khawp khun |
| 1 | ๑ |
| 2 | ๒ |
| 3 | ๓ |
| 4 | ๔ |
| 5 | ๕ |
| 6 | ๖ |
| 7 | ๗ |
| 8 | ๘ |
| 9 | ๙ |
| 10 | ๑๐ |
| 11 | ๑๑ |
| 12 | ๑๒ |
| 13 | ๑๓ |
| 14 | ๑๔ |
| 15 | ๑๕ |
| 16 | ๑๖ |
| 17 | ๑๗ |
| 18 | ๑๘ |
| 19 | ๑๙ |
| 20 | ๒๐ |
| 21 | ๒๑ |
| 22 | ๒๒ |
| 23 | ๒๓ |
| 24 | ๒๔ |
| 25 | ๒๕ |
| 26 | ๒๖ |
| 27 | ๒๗ |
| 28 | ๒๘ |
| 29 | ๒๙ |
| 30 | ๓๐ |
| 31 | ๓๑ |