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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   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
30 weeks   
9

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   
10
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Northern Thai   
Żejtun   

Where They Speak
Northern Thailand   
Malta   

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00   
13
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Southern Thai   
Not Present   

Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00   
8
Not Available   

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 %   
23
Not Available   

Native Speakers
20.00 million   
37
0.52 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
40.00 million   
15
Not Available   

Native Name
ภาษาไทย   
Malti   

Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang   
Malti   

French Name
thaï   
maltais   

German Name
Thailändisch   
Maltesisch   

Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]   
Not Available   

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
Not Available   
North Abric   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Thai   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Thai   
Maltese   

Language Position
47   
34
Not Available   

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
Not Available   
Not Available   

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 Not Available. 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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