Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Thailand
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 in
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
Thai-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
Thai
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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)
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
Isan
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
Isan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Mappila
Northern Thai
Where They Speak
India
Northern Thailand
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
Southern Thai
Where They Speak
France, kerala
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
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
Not Available
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
Ethnicity
Malayali
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
Origin
9th Century
1283 CE
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Tai
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early form
Old Thai
Standard Forms
Malayalam
Thai
Signed Forms
Not Available
Thai Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
mala1464
thai1261
Linguasphere
No data available
47-AAA-b
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Analytic, Isolating
Malayalam and Thai Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Malayalam and Thai greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malayalam and Thai language. Malayalam word for "Hello" is ഹലോ (halēā) or Thai word for "Thank You" is ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ). Find more of such common Malayalam Greetings and Thai Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Malayalam vs Thai Difficulty
The Malayalam vs Thai difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malayalam Alphabets and Thai Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Malayalam and Thai are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malayalam and Thai, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malayalam is 44 weeks while to learn Thai time required is 44 weeks.