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
Nepali 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 Nepali and Thai greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Nepali and Thai language. Nepali word for "Hello" is नमस्ते (namaste) or Thai word for "Thank You" is ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ). Find more of such common Nepali Greetings and Thai Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Nepali vs Thai Difficulty
The Nepali vs Thai difficulty level basically depends on the number of Nepali 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 Nepali and Thai are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Nepali and Thai, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Nepali is 44 weeks while to learn Thai time required is 44 weeks.