Thailand

To which language should you translate to localize in Thailand?

Official language

Thai (52.6%)

Actual languages

Thai (52.6%), Lao (23.4%), Chinese (12.3%), Malay (3.6%), Burmese (1.3%), Khmer (1.3%), Kuy (1.1%), other (4.4%).

What the top 150 best localized websites in the world do in Thailand

(Top 150 websites listed in the Global by Design ranking – published annually by Byte Level Research, this report provides a list of globally localized websites, showcasing best practices and emerging trends in their globalization)

• 84/150 localize by translating into Thai
• 1/150 localizes by translating into both Thai and Burmese
• 1/150 localizes by translating into both Thai and Hmong language
• 1/150 localizes by translating into both Thai and Simplified Chinese
• 1/150 localizes by translating into Thai, French and Simplified Chinese
• 1/150 localizes by translating into Thai, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, German, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Ukrainian, Turkish, Russian, Romanian, Polish, Hungarian and Bahasa Indonesia
• 1/150 localizes by translating into Thai, Phu Thai, Thai (Korat), Thai (Northeastern), Thai (Northern), Thai (Southern), Thai Sign Language, Thai Song
• 1/150 localizes by translating into French, Portuguese, Spanish, German, Japanese
• 1/150 localizes by translating into Simplified Chinese