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Sanskrit and Thai


Thai and Sanskrit


Countries

Countries
India  
Thailand  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
India  
Thailand  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Burma, Cambodia, Laos  

Regulated By
-  
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)  

Interesting Facts
  • Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
  • Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  
  • 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
Old German Language  
Lao Language  

Derived From
Prakrit Language  
Khmer Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52  
31
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16  
13
32  
21

How Many Consonants
36  
26
44  
33

Scripts
Devanagari  
Thai  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
20 weeks  
5
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)  
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  

Thank You
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)  
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)  

How Are You?
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)  
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)  

Good Night
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)  
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)  

Good Evening
शुभः सायंकालः  
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  

Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार  
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)  

Good Morning
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)  
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)  

Please
कृपया (kripayā)  
โปรด (Pord)  

Sorry
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  

Bye
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)  
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)  

I Love You
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)  
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)  

Excuse Me
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Not present  
Isan  

Where They Speak
-  
Isan  

How Many People Speak
140,000.00  
99+
20,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 2
Not present  
Northern Thai  

Where They Speak
-  
Northern Thailand  

How Many People Speak
140,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Not present  
Southern Thai  

Where They Speak
-  
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi  

How Many People Speak
140,000.00  
99+
4,500,000.00  
39

Total No. Of Dialects
0  
9  
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
14.10 million  
99+
60.00 million  
27

Speaking Population
0.01 %  
99+
0.85 %  
24

Native Speakers
14.10 million  
99+
20.00 million  
37

Second Language Speakers
-  
40.00 million  
21

Native Name
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)  
ภาษาไทย  

Alternative Names
Saṃskṛtam, Sanskritam  
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang  

French Name
sanskrit  
thaï  

German Name
Sanskrit  
Thailändisch  

Pronunciation
[səmskr̩t̪əm]  
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]  

Ethnicity
Sanskrit speakers  
Central Thai and Thai Chinese  

History

Origin
2000 B.C.  
1283 CE  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Tai-Kadai Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Tai  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Vedic Sanskrit  
Old Thai  

Standard Forms
Sanskrit  
Thai  

Language Position
23  
21
47  
99+

Signed Forms
-  
Thai Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sa  
th  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
san  
tha  

ISO 639 2/B
san  
tha  

ISO 639 3
san  
tha  

ISO 639 6
san  
tha  

Glottocode
sans1269  
thai1261  

Linguasphere
No data available  
47-AAA-b  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Ancient  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Analytic, Isolating  

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

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Sanskrit and Thai Speaking population

Sanskrit and Thai speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sanskrit and Thai languages can be compared. The total count of Sanskrit and Thai Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sanskrit language is 0.01 % 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 Sanskrit and Thai on Sanskrit vs Thai where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Sanskrit and Thai Language Codes

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

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