Thai (ภาษาไทย)
Thai (th, tha) is a world language. Wikidata records about 20.7M speakers. It is written in Thai script and romanization of Thai. It is an official language in 1 country, including Thailand.
Thai has no spaces between words, so line-breaking needs dictionary support; polite particles (ครับ/ค่ะ) depend on the speaker's gender.
Expect text translated from English into Thai to grow by roughly 10–30%, which matters for layouts, subtitles and page counts.
In the United States, 292,930 people aged 5+ speak Thai at home (Census ACS), and 148,909 of them (51%) speak English less than "very well" — a key indicator of demand for Thai translators and interpreters.
Translation guides
Where Thai is official
- Thailand
Rates for Thai translation
Thai falls in our south & southeast asian band: roughly $0.06–$0.14 per word for general commercial work. These are indicative ranges, not quotes — specialised, certified and rush work costs more, and literary translation is usually priced per 1,000 words.
For context, the median salaried translator or interpreter in the US earned $60,170 in May 2025 (BLS). See salaries by state →
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