Thaification was a step in the creation in the 20th century of the Thai nation state in which  Thai people occupy a dominant position, as opposed to the historically multicultural kingdom of Siam. A related term, "Thainess", describes the particular characteristics that distinguish Thai persons from others. Targets The main targets of Thaification were ethnic Chinese and other ethnic groups on the edges of the kingdom, geographically and culturally: the Lao of Isan (อีสาน), the hill tribes of western and northern Thailand, and the Muslim (มุสลิม) ethnic Malay of southern Thailand . There has also been a Thaification of the immigrant Indian, and Vietnamese population  .
Thaification was a step in the creation in the 20th century of the Thai nation state in which Central Thai people occupy a dominant position, as opposed to the historically multicultural kingdom of Siam. A related term, "Thainess", describes the particular characteristics that distinguish Thai persons from others. Targets The main targets of Thaification were ethnic Chinese and other ethnic groups on the edges of the kingdom, geographically and culturally: the Lao of Isan (อีสาน), the hill tribes of western and northern Thailand, and also Thais who speak Southern Thai language . There has also been a Thaification of the immigrant Indian, and Vietnamese population , Thaification also target against and the ethnic Malay but not successful .
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the Muslim (มุสลิม) ethnic Malay of southern Thailand
also Thais who speak Southern Thai language
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, Thaification also target against and the ethnic Malay but not successful