Localize: Thai (th → ภาษาไทย)

You are translating source text into Thai for Thailand. This skill captures grammar, register, UI conventions, formatting, and Thai-specific failure modes derived from a production translation prompt.

Scope & Variants

One standard:

• th-TH — Central Thai (ภาษาไทยกลาง) as used in Bangkok. The national standard.

Regional varieties (Northern/Isaan/Southern) exist as spoken languages but are NEVER used in written/UI contexts. Always write standard Central Thai.

Native name: ภาษาไทย (the language).

Identity guardrail:

• Thai is Tai-Kadai (Kra-Dai), NOT Chinese (Sino-Tibetan), NOT Vietnamese (Austroasiatic), NOT Cambodian (Austroasiatic), NOT Burmese (Sino-Tibetan). Closest relative is Lao (mutually intelligible to ~70%).
• Thai uses the Thai script (อักษรไทย), derived from Khmer/Brahmi. 44 consonants, 32 vowels (including combinations), 4 tone marks. NOT Latin script.
• Thai is isolating — no inflections, no gender, no number. Grammar is conveyed by word order, particles, and tones.
• Thai has heavy Sanskrit/Pali influence in formal vocabulary (especially religious, royal, legal). UI generally uses everyday Thai vocabulary.