Corrected entry: Thai is a tonal language, which means that each syllable must be stressed in a specific way in order for the word to make sense. In the scene where Richard demonstrates his knowledge of Thai, several people repeat the same sentence, but each person stresses it differently. Only one person actually gets it right.
LorgSkyegon
12th Sep 2002
The Beach (2000)
Correction: In the scene where everyone repeats the same sentence, they aren't speaking Thai, they are speaking Serbo-Croatian. It is true that not everyone pronounces it right but Richard says it most accurately.
It's either Serbian or Croatian, Serbo-Croatian is not a language.
Https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serbo-Croatian Yes it is.
It's Serbian, not Serbo-Croatian.
He is speaking Croatian.
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Correction: It doesn't matter at all Croatian or Serbian, the language is almost identical and this sentence is pronounced equally in both languages.