Countries
Thailand
India, Nepal
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Thailand
India, Nepal
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Nepal
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
Not spoken in any of the countries
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.
- Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
- Maithili has rich literature.
Similar To
Lao Language
Bhojpuri Language
Derived From
Khmer Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
4447
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
328
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4422
9
60
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Scripts
Thai
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
pranam
Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
dhanyabad
How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
Aahan kehan chhi ?
Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
Śubharātri
Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
shubh sandhya
Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
dopahar ke bad namaskar
Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
Suprabhaat
Please
โปรด (Pord)
kripaya
Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
maf karai
Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
Alavidā
I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
kripaya
Dialect 1
Isan
Tharuwat
Where They Speak
Isan
Nepal
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.0035,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Thai
Madhubani
Where They Speak
Northern Thailand
North India
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.0035,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Southern Thai
Khortha
Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
Deoghar, France
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.0035,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
915
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
60.00 million32.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.85 %0.41 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
20.00 million27.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
40.00 million2.80 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ภาษาไทย
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
French Name
thaï
maithili
German Name
Thailändisch
Maithili
Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
[ˈmaitʰili]
Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
Maithil
Origin
1283 CE
14th century
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tai
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Branch
-
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Thai
No early forms
Standard Forms
Thai
Standard Maithili
Language Position
4740
1
120
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Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language
Maithili Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
th
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tha
mai
ISO 639 2/B
tha
mai
ISO 639 3
tha
mai
ISO 639 6
tha
mai
Glottocode
thai1261
mait1250
Linguasphere
47-AAA-b
No data available
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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