{"id":1227,"date":"2012-05-06T12:11:41","date_gmt":"2012-05-06T12:11:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/?p=1227"},"modified":"2012-03-29T10:24:04","modified_gmt":"2012-03-29T10:24:04","slug":"countries-of-the-world-in-thai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/countries-of-the-world-in-thai\/","title":{"rendered":"Countries of the World in Thai"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are approximately 150 countries in the world. The average person probably couldn\u2019t name more than half from memory, and point to likely even less on a map. This isn\u2019t necessarily to say they are \u2018uneducated\u2019, it\u2019s just we only learn what we are exposed to. For example, in Thailand, Thais are exposed to the countries that border it \u2013 such as Burma, Laos, Cambodia, and to a lesser extent Malaysia. They are also exposed to cultures from other countries that are important to them \u2013 especially Korean, Japanese, and American export culture. They are exposed to culture due to historical influences, such as immigration from China, Buddhism from India and Nepal, and American influences from the Vietnam War era. And more recently, Thailand has been influenced by tourists from around the world that decided to make Thailand their home away from home.<\/p>\n

As such, I\u2019m not going to list all 150 countries in Thai. I don\u2019t want you to spend weeks memorizing something you\u2019ll never even use until you\u2019ve long forgotten it. Instead, I\u2019ll list the countries that will most likely come up in conversations while speaking Thai.<\/p>\n

Before we start, the Thai word for country is bpra2tet3 \u0e1b\u0e23\u0e30\u0e40\u0e17\u0e28. As for the tones, ~80% of all syllables in the country names will use the mid-tone. If you cannot remember the tone while in conversation, just use the mid tone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\u0e2a\u0e2b\u0e23\u0e31\u0e10\u0e2d\u0e40\u0e21\u0e23\u0e34\u0e01\u0e32<\/td>\nSa2ha2rat4aa2meh1ri4gaa1<\/td>\nUnited States<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u0e25\u0e32\u0e27<\/td>\nLaaow1<\/td>\nLaos<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u0e01\u0e31\u0e21\u0e1e\u0e39\u0e0a\u0e32<\/td>\nGam1puu1chaa1<\/td>\nCambodia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u0e1c\u0e21\u0e48\u0e32<\/td>\nPa2maa3<\/td>\nBurma<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u0e21\u0e32\u0e40\u0e25\u0e40\u0e0b\u0e35\u0e22<\/td>\nMaa1leh1siia1<\/td>\nMalaysia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u0e08\u0e35\u0e19<\/td>\nJeen1<\/td>\nChina<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u0e2d\u0e34\u0e19\u0e40\u0e14\u0e35\u0e22<\/td>\nIn1diia1<\/td>\nIndia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u0e04\u0e32\u0e19\u0e32\u0e14\u0e32<\/td>\nCaa1naa1daa1<\/td>\nCanada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u0e2d\u0e31\u0e07\u0e01\u0e24\u0e29<\/td>\nAng1grit2<\/td>\nBritain<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u0e40\u0e22\u0e2d\u0e23\u0e21\u0e31\u0e19<\/td>\nYer1ra4man1<\/td>\nGermany<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u0e0d\u0e35\u0e48\u0e1b\u0e38\u0e48\u0e19<\/td>\nYee3bpun2<\/td>\nJapan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u0e40\u0e01\u0e32\u0e2b\u0e25\u0e35(\u0e43\u0e15\u0e49)<\/td>\nGow1lee5dtai3<\/td>\n(South) Korea<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u0e40\u0e01\u0e32\u0e2b\u0e25\u0e35(\u0e40\u0e2b\u0e19\u0e37\u0e2d)<\/td>\nGow1lee5neeua5<\/td>\n(North) Korea<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u0e2d\u0e34\u0e15\u0e32\u0e25\u0e35<\/td>\nE2dtaa1lee1<\/td>\nItaly<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u0e1d\u0e23\u0e31\u0e48\u0e07\u0e40\u0e28\u0e2a<\/td>\nFa2rang2set2<\/td>\nFrance<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u0e40\u0e27\u0e35\u0e22\u0e14\u0e19\u0e32\u0e21<\/td>\nWiet3naam1<\/td>\nVietnam<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u0e2e\u0e48\u0e2d\u0e07\u0e01\u0e07<\/td>\nHaawng3gong1<\/td>\nHong Kong<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u0e44\u0e15\u0e49\u0e2b\u0e27\u0e31\u0e19<\/td>\nDtai3wan5<\/td>\nTaiwan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u0e23\u0e31\u0e2a\u0e40\u0e0b\u0e35\u0e22<\/td>\nRat4siia1<\/td>\nRussia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u0e2d\u0e2d\u0e2a\u0e40\u0e15\u0e23\u0e40\u0e25\u0e35\u0e22<\/td>\nAaw2dtreh1liia1<\/td>\nAustralia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u0e2d\u0e35\u0e22\u0e34\u0e1b\u0e15\u0e4c<\/td>\nEe1yip1<\/td>\nEgypt<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u0e2d\u0e34\u0e23\u0e31\u0e01<\/td>\nE2rak1<\/td>\nIraq<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u0e2d\u0e34\u0e23\u0e31\u0e19<\/td>\nE2ran2<\/td>\nIran<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u0e40\u0e21\u0e47\u0e01\u0e0b\u0e34\u0e42\u0e01<\/td>\nMek4si4go1<\/td>\nMexico<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u0e0b\u0e32\u0e2d\u0e38\u0e14\u0e34\u0e2d\u0e32\u0e23\u0e30\u0e40\u0e1a\u0e35\u0e22<\/td>\nSaa1u2de2aa1ra4biia1<\/td>\nSaudi Arabia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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