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Thai and Bengali


Bengali and Thai


Countries

Countries
Thailand  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

National Language
Thailand  
Bangladesh, India  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
India  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Burma, Cambodia, Laos  
Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)  
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi  

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.
  
  • Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
  • 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.
  

Similar To
Lao Language  
Assamese and Oriya  

Derived From
Khmer Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44  
24
51  
30

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
32  
21
11  
8

How Many Consonants
44  
33
40  
29

Scripts
Thai  
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  
হ্যালো (Hyālō)  

Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)  
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)  

How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)  
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)  

Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)  
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)  

Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)  

Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)  
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)  

Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)  
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)  

Please
โปรด (Pord)  
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)  

Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)  

Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)  
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)  

I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)  
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)  

Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Isan  
Chakma  

Where They Speak
Isan  
Bangladesh, Burma, India  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
29
330,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Northern Thai  
Hajong  

Where They Speak
Northern Thailand  
Bangladesh, India  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
71,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Southern Thai  
Rarhi  

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

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
39
230,000,000.00  
1

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
25  
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million  
27
215.00 million  
9

Speaking Population
0.85 %  
24
3.11 %  
8

Native Speakers
20.00 million  
37
196.00 million  
7

Second Language Speakers
40.00 million  
21
19.00 million  
31

Native Name
ภาษาไทย  
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)  

Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang  
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa  

French Name
thaï  
bengali  

German Name
Thailändisch  
Bengali  

Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]  
[ˈbeŋɡali]  

Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese  
Bengalis (Bengali people)  

History

Origin
1283 CE  
1000–1200 CE  

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Tai  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Thai  
Abahatta, Old Bengali  

Standard Forms
Thai  
Bengali  

Language Position
47  
99+
4  
4

Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language  
Signed Bengali  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
th  
bn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tha  
ben  

ISO 639 2/B
tha  
ben  

ISO 639 3
tha  
ben  

ISO 639 6
tha  
ben  

Glottocode
thai1261  
beng1280  

Linguasphere
47-AAA-b  
59-AAF-u  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
-  

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

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Thai and Bengali Speaking population

Thai and Bengali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Thai and Bengali languages can be compared. The total count of Thai and Bengali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Thai language is 0.85 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Bengali language is 3.11 %. 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 Bengali on Thai vs Bengali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Thai and Bengali Language Codes

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

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