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Thai and Malaysian


Malaysian and Thai


Countries

Countries
Thailand  
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

National Language
Thailand  
Malaysia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Indonesia  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Burma, Cambodia, Laos  
Thailand  

Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)  
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka  

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.
  
  • One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
  • Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  

Similar To
Lao Language  
Indonesian Language  

Derived From
Khmer Language  
Tamil Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44  
24
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
32  
21
6  
3

How Many Consonants
44  
33
24  
14

Scripts
Thai  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  
Hai  

Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)  
terima kasih  

How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)  
Apa khabar?  

Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)  
Selamat Malam  

Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  
Selamat Petang  

Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)  
Selamat tengah hari  

Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)  
Selamat pagi  

Please
โปรด (Pord)  
sila  

Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  
maaf  

Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)  
Selamat tinggal  

I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)  
Saya sayang kamu  

Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  
Maafkan saya  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Isan  
Bengkulu  

Where They Speak
Isan  
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
29
1,600,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Northern Thai  
Pekal  

Where They Speak
Northern Thailand  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Southern Thai  
Musi  

Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
39
3,100,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
24  
20

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million  
27
175.00 million  
10

Speaking Population
0.85 %  
24
1.16 %  
15

Native Speakers
20.00 million  
37
77.00 million  
12

Second Language Speakers
40.00 million  
21
98.00 million  
8

Native Name
ภาษาไทย  
Bahasa melayu  

Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang  
Bahasa Malaysia  

French Name
thaï  
malais  

German Name
Thailändisch  
Malaiisch  

Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]  
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]  

Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese  
Malaysian people  

History

Origin
1283 CE  
c. 683 AD  

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Tai  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Thai  
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,  

Standard Forms
Thai  
Pluricentric Standard Malay  

Language Position
47  
99+
54  
99+

Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language  
Malaysian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
th  
ms  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tha  
msa  

ISO 639 2/B
tha  
may  

ISO 639 3
tha  
zsm  

ISO 639 6
tha  
may  

Glottocode
thai1261  
stan1306  

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  
Agglutinative  

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

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Thai and Malaysian Speaking population

Thai and Malaysian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Thai and Malaysian languages can be compared. The total count of Thai and Malaysian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Thai language is 0.85 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Malaysian language is 1.16 %. 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 Malaysian on Thai vs Malaysian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Thai and Malaysian Language Codes

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

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