Countries
Thailand
Malawi, Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Thailand
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
Zambia
Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
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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.
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
Similar To
Lao Language
Zulu language
Derived From
Khmer Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
4431
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
325
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4418
9
60
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Scripts
Thai
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks32 weeks
3
88
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Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
Moni
Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
Zikomo
How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
Muli bwanji?
Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
Usiku wabwino
Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
Madzulo abwino
Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
Masana abwino
Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
M'mawa wabwino
Please
โปรด (Pord)
Chonde
Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
pepani
Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
anatsanzikana
I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
Ndimakukondani
Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
Pepani
Dialect 1
Isan
Kasungu
Where They Speak
Isan
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.0012,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Thai
Kikamtunda
Where They Speak
Northern Thailand
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.0010,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Southern Thai
Kimaravi
Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.001,200,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
95
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
60.00 million12.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.85 %0.17 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
20.00 million12.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
40.00 million1.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ภาษาไทย
Nyanja
Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
French Name
thaï
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
German Name
Thailändisch
Nyanja-Sprache
Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
[ˈtʃewa]
Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
Chewa people
Origin
1283 CE
15th Century
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Tai
Benue-Congo
Branch
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Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Thai
No early forms
Standard Forms
Thai
Chewa
Language Position
4727
1
120
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Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language
Chewa Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
th
ny
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tha
nya
ISO 639 2/B
tha
nya
ISO 639 3
tha
nya
ISO 639 6
tha
nya
Glottocode
thai1261
nyan1308
Linguasphere
47-AAA-b
99-AUS-xaa – xag
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
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