LANGUAGE DIVERSITY IN THAI SOCIETY

Abstract

               This article aimed to present the varieties of language in Thai society which were divided into 4 groups: 1) Forms of Language: Verbal and Non-verbal Language; 2) Classified by relationship with ethnicity, namely different language families in Thailand 3) Functions of Language: Thai Dialects; 4) Language and Social Classes: Social class of Language users each group also had sub-classification depending on social context, objective of language usage, social class of language users, and occasion of language use. Thus, the varieties of language were resulted from the varieties of Thai culture.