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Thai and Maltese


Maltese and Thai


Countries

Countries
Thailand  
European Union, Malta  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Thailand  
Malta  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Burma, Cambodia, Laos  
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America  

Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)  
National Council for the Maltese Language  

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.
  
  • Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
  • Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
  

Similar To
Lao Language  
Western Arabic Dialects  

Derived From
Khmer Language  
Roman Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44  
24
30  
12

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
30 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  
Ħello  

Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)  
Grazzi  

How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)  
Kif int?  

Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)  
Il-Lejla it-tajba  

Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  
Il-Lejla it-tajba  

Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)  
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb  

Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)  
L-għodwa t-tajba  

Please
โปรด (Pord)  
Jekk jogħġbok  

Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  
Skużani!  

Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)  
Ċaw  

I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)  
Inħobbok ħafna  

Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  
Skużi!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Isan  
Qormi  

Where They Speak
Isan  
Malta  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
29
520,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Northern Thai  
Żejtun  

Where They Speak
Northern Thailand  
Malta  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Southern Thai  
Not Present  

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

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

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
2  
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million  
27
0.52 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.85 %  
24
0.02 %  
99+

Native Speakers
20.00 million  
37
0.52 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
40.00 million  
21
0.50 million  
99+

Native Name
ภาษาไทย  
Malti  

Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang  
Malti  

French Name
thaï  
maltais  

German Name
Thailändisch  
Maltesisch  

Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]  
[mɔːltiːz]  

Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese  
Maltese  

History

Origin
1283 CE  
c. 1470  

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Tai  
Semitic  

Branch
-  
North Abric  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Thai  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Thai  
Maltese  

Language Position
47  
99+
25  
23

Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language  
Maltese Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
th  
mt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tha  
mlt  

ISO 639 2/B
tha  
mlt  

ISO 639 3
tha  
mlt  

ISO 639 6
tha  
mlt  

Glottocode
thai1261  
malt1254  

Linguasphere
47-AAA-b  
12-AAC-c  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Synthetic  

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

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Thai and Maltese Speaking population

Thai and Maltese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Thai and Maltese languages can be compared. The total count of Thai and Maltese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Thai language is 0.85 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Maltese language is 0.02 %. 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 Maltese on Thai vs Maltese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Thai and Maltese Language Codes

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

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