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Countries

Countries

Thailand
New Zealand

Total No. Of Countries

11
0 46
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National Language

Thailand
New Zealand

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Asia
Australia, Oceania

Minority Language

Burma, Cambodia, Laos
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
Māori Language Commission

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.
  • "E korao no New Zealand" was the first printed Maori book in 1815.
  • The first newspaper in the Maori language was published in year 1842.

Similar To

Lao Language
Tahitian Language

Derived From

Khmer Language
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

4420
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

325
0 32
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How Many Consonants

4410
9 60
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Scripts

Thai
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn

Language Levels

32
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
Hello

Thank You

ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
Mauruuru koutou

How Are You?

คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
E pēhea ana koe ?

Good Night

นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
Night pai

Good Evening

สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
pai ahiahi

Good Afternoon

สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
Afternoon pai

Good Morning

อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
Morning pai

Please

โปรด (Pord)
Tēnā

Sorry

ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
Aroha mai

Bye

ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
poroporoaki

I Love You

ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
Aroha ahau ki a koe

Excuse Me

ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
tukua ahau

Dialects

Dialect 1

Isan
South Island Māori

Where They Speak

Isan
New Zealand

How Many People Speak

20,000,000.00150,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Northern Thai
Western North Island Maori

Where They Speak

Northern Thailand
New Zealand

How Many People Speak

6,000,000.00150,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Southern Thai
Eastern North Island Maori

Where They Speak

Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
New Zealand

How Many People Speak

4,500,000.00150,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

93
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

60.00 million0.18 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.85 %0.01 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

20.00 million0.18 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

40.00 million0.10 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

ภาษาไทย
te Reo Māori

Alternative Names

Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
New Zealand Maori

French Name

thaï
maori

German Name

Thailändisch
Maori-Sprache

Pronunciation

[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
[ˈmaɔɾi]

Ethnicity

Central Thai and Thai Chinese
Māori people

History

Origin

1283 CE
1814

Language Family

Tai-Kadai Family
Austronesian Family

Subgroup

Tai
Polynesian

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Thai
No early forms

Standard Forms

Thai
Maori

Language Position

4726
1 120
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Signed Forms

Thai Sign Language
Maori Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

th
mi

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

tha
mri

ISO 639 2/B

tha
mao

ISO 639 3

tha
mri

ISO 639 6

tha
mri

Glottocode

thai1261
maor1246

Linguasphere

47-AAA-b
No data Available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology

Analytic, Isolating
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Thai and Maori Alphabets

Thai and Maori Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Thai and Maori. In Thai Alphabets there are 44 letters while in Maori Alphabets there are 20 letters. To learn Thai and Maori languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Thai and Maori languages. The Thai phonology consist Thai vowels and Thai consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Thai greetings vs Maori greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Thai and Maori are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Thai and Maori Speaking population

Thai and Maori speaking population is one of the factors based on which Thai and Maori languages can be compared. The total count of Thai and Maori Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Thai language is 0.85 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Maori language is 0.01 %. 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 Maori on Thai vs Maori where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Thai and Maori Language Codes

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