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Originally Posted by Texpat  I'd be screwed without being able to communicate.
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There is the key.
Language is a means to communicate. Most of how we communicate anyhow is by body language not by word. Just ask Marcel Marceau ( Well you could if he were still alive)
Being able to speak any language used where one is living has got to assist in this communication process as it will provide more tools.
It is possible to communicate at some level without speaking Thai.
As Texpat has said speaking Thai is perhaps less imperative in the larger or more cosmopolitan communities and that if you do live in the wilds the "local" language might not even be Thai