Countries
Thailand
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Total No. Of Countries
13
0
46
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National Language
Thailand
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
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
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
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.
- Malayalam language has 54 literals. Same sounds have different versions to it.
- Malayalam script is reffered as "Rod Script" and it is derived from the Grantha script, which was developed from Indic script of Brahmi.
Similar To
Lao Language
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Derived From
Khmer Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4453
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
3215
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4441
9
60
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Scripts
Thai
Brahmic family and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
32
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
ഹലോ (halēā)
Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
നന്ദി (nandi)
How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
Please
โปรด (Pord)
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
വിട (viṭa)
I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
Dialect 1
Isan
Judeo-Malayalam
Where They Speak
Isan
Israel, kerala
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.0038,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Thai
Mappila
Where They Speak
Northern Thailand
India
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.0038,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Southern Thai
Pandy Malayalam
Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
France, kerala
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.0038,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
93
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million38.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.85 %0.57 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
20.00 million38.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
40.00 million38.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ภาษาไทย
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
French Name
thaï
malayalam
German Name
Thailändisch
Malayalam
Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]
Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
Malayali
Origin
1283 CE
9th Century
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Tai
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Thai
No early form
Standard Forms
Thai
Malayalam
Language Position
4729
1
120
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Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language
Signed Malayalam
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
th
ml
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tha
mal
ISO 639 2/B
tha
mal
ISO 639 3
tha
mal
ISO 639 6
tha
mal
Glottocode
thai1261
mala1464
Linguasphere
47-AAA-b
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Synthetic