Countries
India, Nepal
Thailand
National Language
Nepal
Thailand
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
People's Republic of China
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
Interesting Facts
- Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
- Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
- 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
Hindi
Lao Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Khmer Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
Good Afternoon
Good afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
Where They Speak
Nepal
Isan
Dialect 2
Bajhangi
Northern Thai
Where They Speak
India, Nepal
Northern Thailand
Dialect 3
Baitadeli
Southern Thai
Where They Speak
Nepal
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)
ภาษาไทย
Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
French Name
népalais
thaï
German Name
Nepali
Thailändisch
Pronunciation
[neˈpali]
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Tai
Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
Old Thai
Standard Forms
Nepali
Thai
Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
Thai Sign Language
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
Glottocode
nepa1254
thai1261
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Analytic, Isolating
All Nepali 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 Nepali and Thai dialects. Various dialects of Nepali and Thai language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Nepali are spoken in different Nepali Speaking Countries whereas Thai Dialects are spoken in different Thai speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Nepali vs Thai Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Nepali dialects include: Doteli, Bajhangi. Thai dialects include: Isan , Northern Thai. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Nepali and Thai Speaking population
Nepali and Thai speaking population is one of the factors based on which Nepali and Thai languages can be compared. The total count of Nepali and Thai Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 % 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 Nepali and Thai on Nepali vs Thai where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Nepali and Thai Language Codes
Nepali and Thai language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Nepali and Thai Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.