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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   
11
44 weeks   
11

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   
36
20,000,000.00   
10

Dialect 2
Hajong   
Northern Thai   

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India   
Northern Thailand   

How Many People Speak
71,000.00   
36
6,000,000.00   
13

Dialect 3
Rarhi   
Southern Thai   

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

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
4,500,000.00   
8

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 %   
23

Native Speakers
196.00 million   
7
20.00 million   
37

Second Language Speakers
19.00 million   
16
40.00 million   
15

Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)   
ภาษาไทย   

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

French Name
bengali   
thaï   

German Name
Bengali   
Thailändisch   

Pronunciation
Not available   
[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   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali   
Old Thai   

Standard Forms
Bengali   
Thai   

Language Position
4   
4
47   
34

Signed Forms
Not Available   
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
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
beng1280   
thai1261   

Linguasphere
59-AAF-u   
47-AAA-b   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
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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