Category:Northern Thai terms by usage

Northern Thai terms categorized by the manner and context in which they are used by speakers.

• Category:Northern Thai colloquialisms: Northern Thai terms that are likely to be used primarily in casual conversation rather than in more formal written works, speeches, and discourse.
• Category:Northern Thai formal terms: Northern Thai terms whose use is typically restricted to polite, ceremonious, non-casual contexts.
• Category:Northern Thai nonstandard terms: Northern Thai terms that are considered improper, incorrect or commonly misused.
• Category:Northern Thai slang: Northern Thai colloquial terms that are typically used to mark membership in a cultural subgroup.
• Category:Northern Thai terms with archaic senses: Northern Thai terms that are no longer in general use but still encountered in older literature and still sometimes used for special effect.
• Category:Northern Thai vulgarities: Northern Thai terms whose tone (rather than the meaning) is offensive to polite company.