Burmese-produced ya ba is typically trafficked to Thailand via Laos, before being transported through the northeastern Thai region of Isan.

Thai cuisine is more accurately described as four regional cuisines corresponding to the four main regions of the country: Northern, Northeastern ( or Isan ), Central, and Southern, each cuisine sharing similar foods or foods derived from those of neighboring countries and regions: Burma to the northwest, the Chinese province of Yunnan and Laos to the north, Vietnam and Cambodia to the east and Malaysia to the south of Thailand.

The cuisine of Northeastern ( or Isan ) Thailand is similar to southern Lao cuisine whereas northern Thai cuisine shares many dishes with northern Lao cuisine and the cuisine of Shan state in Burma.

* Isan ( Northeastern Thai ), the language of the Isan region of Thailand, a socio-culturally distinct Thai – Lao hybrid dialect which is written with the Thai script.

* Khorat Thai, spoken by about 400, 000 ( 1984 ) in Nakhon Ratchasima occupies a linguistic position somewhere between Siamese Thai and Isan on a dialect continuum, and may be considered a variant of either.

In Thailand, the local Lao people are differentiated from the Lao of Laos and by the Thais by the term Thai Isan ( Lao: ໄທຍ ໌ ອ ີ ສານ, Isan: ไทยอ ี สาน, IPA: i: să: n ), a Sanskrit-derived term meaning northeast, but ' Lao ' is still used.

The French prevented and preserved the Lao from becoming a regional sub-category of the Thai nation, much like their brethren in Isan, also known as the ' North-Eastern Thai '.

With the rediscovered interest in Lao pop music, Lao concerts are not only held in Laos, but also in Isan region of Thailand, thus, continually garnering new Thai fans of Lao pop music.

The boundaries of Lao dialects also extend into the North-East of Thailand, known as Isan, but the Lao spoken in Thailand as a whole can be differentiated by adoption of much Thai vocabulary and code-switching.

Thaification policies removed the alphabet and now the language is written in the Thai alphabet, if at all, and the name changed to Isan to sever the political connection with Laos.

It continues to serve as an important regional language and a badge of Isan ( hence Lao ) identity, but it is experiencing a decline in the advance of Thai

The cuisines of the Lao in Laos and Isan have diverged only minutely, with the key differences is that Lao cuisine lacks the influences of Thai cuisine and Isan cuisine lacks many of the French influences in Laos.

Rice is the staple, and the main variety is glutinous rice or khao nio ( ເຂ ົ້ າຫນຽວ, ข ้ าวเหน ี ยว, ), which is also a feature on Isan and Northern Thai tables since both have been influenced by Lao cuisine.

* the nuclear Tai peoples of China and much of Southeast Asia ( including most notably the Thai, Lao, Isan, Shan and Zhuang, and Saek people of Laos and Thailand )

The Lao-speaking population of the region, who comprise the majority, distinguish themselves not only from the Lao of Laos but also from the central Thai by calling themselves Khon Isan or Thai Isan.

Curry () ( plural, Curries ) is a generic term primarily employed in Western culture to denote a wide variety of dishes originating in Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Sri Lankan, Thai or other Southern and Southeastern Asian cuisines, as well as New World cuisines influenced by them such as Trinidadian or Fijian.

The term kickboxing ( キックボクシング ) itself was introduced in the 1960s as a Japanese anglicism by Japanese boxing promoter Osamu Noguchi for a hybrid martial art combining Muay Thai and karate which he had introduced in 1958.

The French term Boxe pieds-poings ( literally " feet-fists-boxing ") is also used in the sense of " kickboxing " in the general meaning, including French boxing ( savate ) as well as American and Japanese kickboxing, Burmese and Thai boxing, any style of full contact karate, etc.

The term kickboxing ( キックボクシング ) was created by the Japanese boxing promoter Osamu Noguchi for a variant of Muay Thai and Karate that he created in the 1950s.

It was also around this time that the term muay Thai became commonly used while the older form of the style came to be known as muay boran, which is now performed primarily as an exhibition art form.

The Thai equivalent of the tael is known as the tamlueng, a term derived from Khmer.

The term Rector is not widely used to refer to the highest executive position in Thai universities ( Thai: อธ ิ การบด ี; ), compared to the term President.

The term has its origins in the twelve cultural edicts issued by the Thai state form 1939-1942.

** Thaksin Shinawatra 丘達新 / 丘达新 ( 1949 -; Fengshun, Guangdong ; born in Thailand ; Hakka pronunciation: Hiew Tat Sin ), founder Thai Rak Thai political party ; only Prime Minister of Thailand to finish a term of office and be reelected, 2001 – 2006 ; exiled, 2008.

However, since the most popular variant of satay is chicken satay in peanut sauce ( Sate Madura in Indonesia, Sate Kajang in Malaysia, and Thai chicken use peanut sauce ); in modern fusion cuisine the term " satay " has shifted to satay style peanut sauce instead.

He also created the National Economic and Social Development Board ( NESDB ), which continues to play an important role in Thailand's economic development, exemplified in Sarit's favorite term ; " patana " ( development ), and slogan ; " Nation, Religion, Monarch ", represented by red, white and blue colors respectively in the Thai flag.

The term isan has been said to mean " northeast " in the Thai language.

There is also discussion as to whether during this period, the terms " Thai " and " Lao " were interchangeable, whether the term " Lao " yet existed, or whether " Thai " was used in his name to refer to the fact that the census included all Tai groups.

As with many other officially recognized ethnic groups in China ( See Gaoshan and Yao ), the term Dai at least within Chinese usage is an umbrella term and as such has no equivalent in Tai languages who have only more general terms for ' Tai peoples in general ' ( e. g., Tai Lue:, but this term refers to all Dai people, not including Zhuang ) and ' Tai people in China ' ( e. g., Thai: ชาวไทในจ ี น '), both of which include the Zhuang for example which is not the case in the Chinese ; and more specific terms, as shown in the table below.

As a solution in the Thai language, however, as in English, the term Tai Lue can be used to mean Dai, despite referring to other groups as in the table below.

In Thailand, bride price ( Thai: ส ิ นสอด, pronounced sòt and often erroneously referred to by the English term " dowry ") is common in both Thai-Thai and Thai-foreign marriages.

And Secretary Rusk, en route to Bangkok, doubtless is trying to make emergency arrangements for the possible entry of Australian or Thai SEATO forces.

This is the case for Vietnamese ( a true alphabet ) and Thai ( an abugida ).

In Thai, tone is determined primarily by the choice of consonant, with diacritics for disambiguation.

To make up for a lack of hard currency, Thailand's township, Amphoe Kut Chum, once issued its own local scrip called Bia Kut Chum: Bia is Thai for cowry shell, was once Baht, and is still current in metaphorical expressions.

Khmer differs from neighboring languages such as Thai, Lao and Vietnamese in that it is not a tonal language.

The language of this transition period, from about the 14th to 18th centuries, is referred to as Middle Khmer and saw borrowing from Thai, Lao and, to a lesser extent, Vietnamese.

In Thailand, where the Thai solar calendar is used, the months and days have adopted the western standard, although the years are still based on the traditional Buddhist calendar.

Cambridge is also the birthplace of Thai king Bhumibol Adulyadej ( Rama IX ), who is the world's longest reigning monarch at age 82 ( 2010 ), as well as the longest reigning monarch in Thai history.

There is no widespread use of fresh herbs in Cantonese cooking, in contrast with their liberal use in other cuisines such as Sichuan, European, Thai or Vietnamese.

In the Lao language, it is called phak see, and in Thai, it is known as phak chee Lao.

The pilot flying the Thai Airways Airbus A310-300 is thought to have suffered spatial disorientation.

For example, in court of justice where strictly formal Thai language is used, Dr cannot be mentioned as a person's title.

Kaeng phet pet yang ( Thai roast duck curry ) is an example of early fusion cuisine of the Multiculturalism | cosmopolitan court of the Ayutthaya Kingdom ( 1350 CE to 1767 CE ) combining Thai cuisine | Thai red curry, Chinese roast duck and grapes originally from Persia

The khim is the name of both the Thai and the Khmer hammered dulcimer.

* 1591 – King Naresuan of Siam kills Crown Prince Minchit Sra of Burma in single combat, for which this date is now observed marked as Royal Thai Armed Forces day.

Kickboxing ( in Japanese ) is a group of martial arts and stand-up combat sports based on kicking and punching, historically developed from Karate, Muay Thai and Western boxing.