Countries
Thailand
Myanmar
National Language
Thailand
Myanmar
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Bangladesh, Burma
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
Mon
Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
Myanmar Language Commission
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.
- The naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
- It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
Similar To
Lao Language
Thai Language
Derived From
Khmer Language
Pali Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
Please
โปรด (Pord)
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
Where They Speak
Isan
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
Dialect 2
Northern Thai
Tavoyan
Where They Speak
Northern Thailand
Myanmar
Dialect 3
Southern Thai
Intha
Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
Burma
Native Name
ภาษาไทย
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
German Name
Thailändisch
Birmanisch
Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
[bəmɛ̀]
Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
Bamar people
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Tai
Tibeto-Burman
Early Forms
Old Thai
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
Standard Forms
Thai
Modern Burmese
Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language
Burmese sign language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
thai1261
sout3159
Linguasphere
47-AAA-b
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Analytic, Isolating
All Thai and Burmese 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 Burmese dialects. Various dialects of Thai and Burmese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Thai are spoken in different Thai Speaking Countries whereas Burmese Dialects are spoken in different Burmese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Thai vs Burmese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Thai dialects include: Isan, Northern Thai. Burmese dialects include: Arakanese , Tavoyan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Thai and Burmese Speaking population
Thai and Burmese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Thai and Burmese languages can be compared. The total count of Thai and Burmese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Thai language is 0.85 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 %. 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 Burmese on Thai vs Burmese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Thai and Burmese Language Codes
Thai and Burmese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Thai and Burmese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.