Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
Thailand
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Malaysia
Thailand
Second Language
Indonesia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Thailand
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
Interesting Facts
- One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
- 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
Indonesian Language
Lao Language
Derived From
Tamil Language
Khmer Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2644
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
632
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2444
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Thai
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hai
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
Thank You
terima kasih
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
How Are You?
Apa khabar?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
Good Night
Selamat Malam
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
Good Evening
Selamat Petang
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
Good Morning
Selamat pagi
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
Please
sila
โปรด (Pord)
Sorry
maaf
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
Bye
Selamat tinggal
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
I Love You
Saya sayang kamu
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
Excuse Me
Maafkan saya
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
Dialect 1
Bengkulu
Isan
Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
Isan
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Pekal
Northern Thai
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Northern Thailand
How Many People Speak
30,000.006,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Musi
Southern Thai
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
How Many People Speak
3,100,000.004,500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
249
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
175.00 million60.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.16 %0.85 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
77.00 million20.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
98.00 million40.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Bahasa melayu
ภาษาไทย
Alternative Names
Bahasa Malaysia
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
French Name
malais
thaï
German Name
Malaiisch
Thailändisch
Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
Ethnicity
Malaysian people
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
Origin
c. 683 AD
1283 CE
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Subgroup
-
Tai
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
Old Thai
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay
Thai
Language Position
5447
1
120
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Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language
Thai Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ms
th
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
msa
tha
ISO 639 2/B
may
tha
ISO 639 3
zsm
tha
ISO 639 6
may
tha
Glottocode
stan1306
thai1261
Linguasphere
No data available
47-AAA-b
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Analytic, Isolating