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Malayalam and Thai


Thai and Malayalam


Countries

Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  
Thailand  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  
Thailand  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands  
Burma, Cambodia, Laos  

Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala  
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)  

Interesting Facts
  • Malayalam language has 54 literals. Same sounds have different versions to it.
  • Malayalam script is reffered as "Rod Script" and it is derived from the Grantha script, which was developed from Indic script of Brahmi.
  
  • 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
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages  
Lao Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Khmer Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15  
12
32  
21

How Many Consonants
41  
30
44  
33

Scripts
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
ഹലോ (halēā)  
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  

Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)  
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)  

How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)  
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)  

Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)  
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)  

Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)  
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  

Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)  
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)  

Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)  
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)  

Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)  
โปรด (Pord)  

Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)  
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  

Bye
വിട (viṭa)  
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)  

I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)  
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)  

Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)  
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam  
Isan  

Where They Speak
Israel, kerala  
Isan  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
19
20,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 2
Mappila  
Northern Thai  

Where They Speak
India  
Northern Thailand  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
17
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam  
Southern Thai  

Where They Speak
France, kerala  
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
16
4,500,000.00  
39

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
9  
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
38.00 million  
33
60.00 million  
27

Speaking Population
0.57 %  
29
0.85 %  
24

Native Speakers
38.00 million  
26
20.00 million  
37

Second Language Speakers
38.00 million  
23
40.00 million  
21

Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)  
ภาษาไทย  

Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla  
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang  

French Name
malayalam  
thaï  

German Name
Malayalam  
Thailändisch  

Pronunciation
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]  
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]  

Ethnicity
Malayali  
Central Thai and Thai Chinese  

History

Origin
9th Century  
1283 CE  

Language Family
Dravidian Family  
Tai-Kadai Family  

Subgroup
-  
Tai  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early form  
Old Thai  

Standard Forms
Malayalam  
Thai  

Language Position
29  
27
47  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Malayalam  
Thai Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ml  
th  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mal  
tha  

ISO 639 2/B
mal  
tha  

ISO 639 3
mal  
tha  

ISO 639 6
mal  
tha  

Glottocode
mala1464  
thai1261  

Linguasphere
No data available  
47-AAA-b  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Analytic, Isolating  

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All Malayalam 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 Malayalam and Thai dialects. Various dialects of Malayalam and Thai language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Malayalam are spoken in different Malayalam Speaking Countries whereas Thai Dialects are spoken in different Thai speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Malayalam vs Thai Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Malayalam dialects include: Judeo-Malayalam, Mappila. Thai dialects include: Isan , Northern Thai. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Malayalam and Thai Speaking population

Malayalam and Thai speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malayalam and Thai languages can be compared. The total count of Malayalam and Thai Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 % 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 Malayalam and Thai on Malayalam vs Thai where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malayalam and Thai Language Codes

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

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