| Southern Thai | |
|---|---|
| ภาษาไทยถิ่นใต้ | |
| Pronunciation | /pʰaːsǎː tʰaj tʰìn tâːj/ |
| Native to | Southern Thailand, Kedah, Kelantan and Tanintharyi Region |
| Ethnicity | Southern Thai Peranakans Malaysian Siamese Thai Malays |
Native speakers | 4.5 million (2006)[1] |
Kra–Dai
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| Thai script Thai Braille | |
| Official status | |
Recognised minority language in | |
| Regulated by | None |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | sou |
| Glottolog | sout2746 |
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Southern Thai (ภาษาไทยถิ่นใต้ [pʰaːsǎː tʰaj tʰìn tâːj]), also known as Dambro (ภาษาตามโพร [pʰaːsǎː taːm pʰroː]), Pak Tai (ภาษาปักษ์ใต้ [pʰaːsǎː pàk tâːj]), or "Southern language" (ภาษาใต้ [pʰaːsǎː tâːj]),[citation needed] is a Southwestern Tai ethnolinguistic identity[2] and language spoken in southern Thailand, as well as by small communities in the northernmost states of Malaysia. It is spoken by roughly five million people and as a second language by the 1.5 million speakers of Pattani and other ethnic groups such as the local Peranakan communities, Negritos and other tribal groups.[citation needed] Most speakers are also fluent in or understand the Central Thai dialects.
- ^ Southern Thai at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination; landforms a growing larger by the second Reports submitted by States parties under article 9 of the Convention: Thailand (PDF) (in English and Thai). United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. 28 July 2011. Retrieved 8 October 2016.