Thai and Malaysian
Countries
Thailand
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
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 in
Thai-Alphabets.jpg#200
Malaysian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
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
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
Where They Speak
Isan
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
Dialect 2
Northern Thai
Pekal
Where They Speak
Northern Thailand
Indonesia
Dialect 3
Southern Thai
Musi
Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
Indonesia
Native Name
ภาษาไทย
Bahasa melayu
Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
Not Available
German Name
Thailändisch
Malaiisch
Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
Not Available
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Tai
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Thai
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
Standard Forms
Thai
Pluricentric Standard Malay
Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language
Malaysian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
thai1261
stan1306
Linguasphere
47-AAA-b
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Agglutinative
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.
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.