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Bengali and Thai


Thai and Bengali


Countries

Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone  
Thailand  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
1  
14

National Language
Bangladesh, India  
Thailand  

Second Language
India  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Burma, Cambodia, Laos  

Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi  
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)  

Interesting Facts
  • Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
  • 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.
  
  • Thai is tonal language and also it is very repetitive and exaggerative language.
  • You should learn thai language with native speakers and not with books or recorders, since speaking and writing in thai are not the same.
  

Similar To
Assamese and Oriya  
Lao Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Khmer Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Bengali-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Thai-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
51  
30
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
32  
21

How Many Consonants
40  
29
44  
33

Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives  
Thai  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)  
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  

Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)  
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)  

How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)  
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)  

Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)  
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)  

Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)  
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  

Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)  
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)  

Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)  
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)  

Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)  
โปรด (Pord)  

Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)  
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  

Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)  
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)  

I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)  
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)  

Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)  
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakma  
Isan  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India  
Isan  

How Many People Speak
330,000.00  
99+
20,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 2
Hajong  
Northern Thai  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India  
Northern Thailand  

How Many People Speak
71,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Rarhi  
Southern Thai  

Where They Speak
India  
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi  

How Many People Speak
230,000,000.00  
1
4,500,000.00  
39

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
9  
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
215.00 million  
9
60.00 million  
27

Speaking Population
3.11 %  
8
0.85 %  
24

Native Speakers
196.00 million  
7
20.00 million  
37

Second Language Speakers
19.00 million  
31
40.00 million  
21

Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)  
ภาษาไทย  

Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa  
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang  

French Name
bengali  
thaï  

German Name
Bengali  
Thailändisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈbeŋɡali]  
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]  

Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)  
Central Thai and Thai Chinese  

History

Origin
1000–1200 CE  
1283 CE  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Tai-Kadai Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Tai  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali  
Old Thai  

Standard Forms
Bengali  
Thai  

Language Position
4  
4
47  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Bengali  
Thai Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
bn  
th  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ben  
tha  

ISO 639 2/B
ben  
tha  

ISO 639 3
ben  
tha  

ISO 639 6
ben  
tha  

Glottocode
beng1280  
thai1261  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-u  
47-AAA-b  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Analytic, Isolating  

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All Bengali and Thai Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Bengali and Thai dialects. Various dialects of Bengali and Thai language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Bengali are spoken in different Bengali Speaking Countries whereas Thai Dialects are spoken in different Thai speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Bengali vs Thai Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Bengali dialects include: Chakma, Hajong. Thai dialects include: Isan , Northern Thai. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Bengali and Thai Speaking population

Bengali and Thai speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bengali and Thai languages can be compared. The total count of Bengali and Thai Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bengali language is 3.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Thai language is 0.85 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Bengali and Thai on Bengali vs Thai where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bengali and Thai Language Codes

Bengali and Thai language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Bengali and Thai Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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