Countries
Madagascar
Thailand
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
Thailand
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
Regulated By
-
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
Interesting Facts
- Malagasy language was originated in southeast Asia, since it shares several common words and meanings with Indonesian Languages.
- About 93% of the basic vocabulary is of Malayo-Polynesian origin in Malagasy 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
Swahili and Comorian Languages
Lao Language
Derived From
-
Khmer Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2144
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
532
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2044
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Thai
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Salama!
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
Thank You
Misaotra
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
How Are You?
Manao ahoana!
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
Good Night
Alina tsara
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
Good Evening
Manao ahoana e
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
Good Morning
Maraina tsara
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
Please
azafady
โปรด (Pord)
Sorry
Miala tsiny
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
Bye
Veloma!
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
I Love You
Tiako ianao.
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
Excuse Me
Azafady
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy
Isan
Where They Speak
Merina
Isan
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Western Malagasy
Northern Thai
Where They Speak
Sakalava
Northern Thailand
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.006,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Plateau Malagasy
Southern Thai
Where They Speak
-
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.004,500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
29
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million60.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.28 %0.85 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
18.00 million20.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
18.00 million40.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy
ภาษาไทย
Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
French Name
malgache
thaï
German Name
Malagassi-Sprache
Thailändisch
Pronunciation
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
Ethnicity
Malagasy people
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
Origin
1000 AD
1283 CE
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Subgroup
Austronesian
Tai
Branch
Indonesian
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Thai
Standard Forms
standard Malagasy
Thai
Language Position
8447
1
120
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Signed Forms
Malagasy Sign Language
Thai Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
mg
th
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mlg
tha
ISO 639 2/B
mlg
tha
ISO 639 3
mlg
tha
ISO 639 6
mlg
tha
Glottocode
mala1537
thai1261
Linguasphere
No data available
47-AAA-b
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Analytic, Isolating