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Thai and Malayalam


Malayalam and Thai


Countries

Countries
Thailand  
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

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

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

Alphabets
44  
24
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
32  
21
15  
12

How Many Consonants
44  
33
41  
30

Scripts
Thai  
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)  
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)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Isan  
Judeo-Malayalam  

Where They Speak
Isan  
Israel, kerala  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
29
38,000,000.00  
19

Dialect 2
Northern Thai  
Mappila  

Where They Speak
Northern Thailand  
India  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
38,000,000.00  
17

Dialect 3
Southern Thai  
Pandy Malayalam  

Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi  
France, kerala  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
39
38,000,000.00  
16

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million  
27
38.00 million  
33

Speaking Population
0.85 %  
24
0.57 %  
29

Native Speakers
20.00 million  
37
38.00 million  
26

Second Language Speakers
40.00 million  
21
38.00 million  
23

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  

History

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
47  
99+
29  
27

Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language  
Signed Malayalam  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  

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

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Thai and Malayalam Speaking population

Thai and Malayalam speaking population is one of the factors based on which Thai and Malayalam languages can be compared. The total count of Thai and Malayalam Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Thai language is 0.85 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 %. 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 Malayalam on Thai vs Malayalam where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Thai and Malayalam Language Codes

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

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