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Thai Language: The Inner Circle

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The inner circle is representative of native speakers of English. This is to say, English is the mother tongue of the language users. It is used in the speakers’ daily life in all contexts and settings. There are five countries falling into this circle, namely, America, Australia, Britain, Canada and New Zealand.
The second circle is the outer circle. It refers to English as a second language used among non-native speakers of English whose countries were formerly colonized by Britain. The role of English in this circle is to perform as an official language such as in government function, business and trade. Examples of the countries in this circle are India, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and South Africa.
The final and the biggest circle is the expanding circle. Here, English serves as a foreign language …show more content…

The first factor is geography. Thailand’s geography is landed to many countries, namely, Laos, Malaysia, Cambodia, and Myanmar. Thai residents who live near the borders such as in Surin province in the northeast and Songkhla province in the south have contact with those neighbor counties so that they exchange languages through the contact. These people are able to communicate in Khmer and Malay language respectively. Another factor relates to history. Immigration of Thai people to a new place where the residents such as Khmer and Mon are living in causes the mixture and creation of foreign language to Thai language. In addition, war also creates the mixture of a new language use. During war, people were arrested and moved to a new place. Those people brought with them their own languages. When they were in a new place, they used their language with a language they moved to. For example, Thailand defeated over Myanmar and moved their people back to Thailand. Those people spoke Burmese and this caused Burmese mixed with Thai language since

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