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Thai and Assamese


Assamese and Thai


Countries

Countries
Thailand  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Thailand  
Bangladesh, India  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Burma, Cambodia, Laos  
Bangladesh, Bhutan  

Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)  
Asam Sahitya Sabha  

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • Assamese was reinstated as the state language of Assam in 1873.
  • Assamese language has its own stream of origin, it is evolved in a different way from rest of the Indo-Aryan languages of India.
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Similar To
Lao Language  
Bengali and Oriya  

Derived From
Khmer Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44  
24
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
32  
21
11  
8

How Many Consonants
44  
33
41  
30

Scripts
Thai  
Bengali  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  
nomoskaar  

Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)  
ḍhonyobaaḍ  

How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)  
aapuni kene aase?  

Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)  
subhoraattri  

Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  
subha gadhuli  

Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)  
subha abeli  

Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)  
suprobhaat  

Please
โปรด (Pord)  
anugroha kori  

Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  
moi ḍukkhita  

Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)  
biḍai  

I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)  
moi tomaak bhaalpaao  

Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  
kyoma koribo  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Isan  
Kamrupi  

Where They Speak
Isan  
Western Assam  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
29
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Northern Thai  
Goalpariya  

Where They Speak
Northern Thailand  
Western Assam  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
16,000,000.00  
30

Dialect 3
Southern Thai  
Bhakatiya  

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

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
39
16,000,000.00  
27

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.85 %  
24
0.24 %  
99+

Native Speakers
20.00 million  
37
15.00 million  
40

Second Language Speakers
40.00 million  
21
15.00 million  
34

Native Name
ภาษาไทย  
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)  

Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang  
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya  

French Name
thaï  
assamais  

German Name
Thailändisch  
Assamesisch  

Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]  
[ɔxɔmɔnɔ]  

Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese  
Assamese people  

History

Origin
1283 CE  
7th century A.D  

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Tai  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Thai  
Kamarupa  

Standard Forms
Thai  
Assamese  

Language Position
47  
99+
65  
99+

Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language  
Signed Assamese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
th  
as  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tha  
asm  

ISO 639 2/B
tha  
asm  

ISO 639 3
tha  
asm  

ISO 639 6
tha  
asm  

Glottocode
thai1261  
assa1263  

Linguasphere
47-AAA-b  
59-AAF-w  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
-  

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

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Thai and Assamese Speaking population

Thai and Assamese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Thai and Assamese languages can be compared. The total count of Thai and Assamese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Thai language is 0.85 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Assamese language is 0.24 %. 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 Thai and Assamese on Thai vs Assamese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Thai and Assamese Language Codes

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

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