Countries
India, Nepal
Thailand
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
India, Nepal
Thailand
Second Language
Nepal
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
Regulated By
-
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
Interesting Facts
- Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
- Maithili has rich literature.
- 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
Bhojpuri Language
Lao Language
Derived From
-
Khmer Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4744
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
832
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2244
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Thai
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
pranam
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
Thank You
dhanyabad
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
Good Night
Śubharātri
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
Good Evening
shubh sandhya
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
Good Morning
Suprabhaat
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
Please
kripaya
โปรด (Pord)
Sorry
maf karai
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
Bye
Alavidā
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
Excuse Me
kripaya
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
Dialect 1
Tharuwat
Isan
Where They Speak
Nepal
Isan
How Many People Speak
35,000,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Madhubani
Northern Thai
Where They Speak
North India
Northern Thailand
How Many People Speak
35,000,000.006,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Khortha
Southern Thai
Where They Speak
Deoghar, France
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
How Many People Speak
35,000,000.004,500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
159
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
32.00 million60.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.41 %0.85 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
27.00 million20.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
2.80 million40.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
ภาษาไทย
Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
French Name
maithili
thaï
German Name
Maithili
Thailändisch
Pronunciation
[ˈmaitʰili]
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
Ethnicity
Maithil
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
Origin
14th century
1283 CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Subgroup
-
Tai
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Thai
Standard Forms
Standard Maithili
Thai
Language Position
4047
1
120
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Signed Forms
Maithili Sign Language
Thai Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
th
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mai
tha
ISO 639 2/B
mai
tha
ISO 639 3
mai
tha
ISO 639 6
mai
tha
Glottocode
mait1250
thai1261
Linguasphere
No data available
47-AAA-b
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Analytic, Isolating