Overseas Thai
Overseas Thai people (Thai: คนไทยพลัดถิ่น, คนไทยในต่างแดน) can be roughly divided into 3 groups;
- A non-resident Thai is a citizen of Thailand who holds a Thai passport and has temporarily emigrated to another country for employment, residence, education or any other purpose.
- A Person of Thai ethnics or ancestry (Siamese, Lanna, Isan, etc.) who was or whose ancestors were born in Thailand or other countries under Thai ancestry and holds non-Thai citizenship. A person of Thai origin might have been a citizen of Thailand and subsequently taken the citizenship of another country.
- A Person of Thai origin with foreign ancestry (Teochew, Hakka, Hainanese, Hokkien, Cantonese, Yunnanese, Persian, Pakistani, Punjabi, Portuguese, etc.) who was or whose ancestors were born in Thailand before 1975 and holds non-Thai citizenship. A person of Thai origin might have been a citizen of Thailand and subsequently taken the citizenship of another country
Overseas Thai communities
- Thai American
- Thai Australian
- Thai Canadian
- Thais in Burma
- Thais in India
- Malaysian Siamese
- Thai New Zealander
- Thais in Hong Kong
- Thais in the United Kingdom
- Asian Swedes
- Yodia : descendants of historical Siamese prisoner of war in Myanmar since Ayutthaya Period. Yodia Community still exist in Mandalay and Sagaing Regions.[1]
References
- ↑ Talk Vietnam. "Historical traces of Thai community found in Myanmar". http://www.talkvietnam.com. Retrieved 9 February 2015. External link in
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External links
Media related to Overseas Thai at Wikimedia Commons
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