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Thai and Maori


Maori and Thai


Countries

Countries
Thailand  
New Zealand  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

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  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44  
24
20  
2

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
32  
21
5  
2

How Many Consonants
44  
33
10  
2

Scripts
Thai  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

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
20,000,000.00  
29
150,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Northern Thai  
Western North Island Maori  

Where They Speak
Northern Thailand  
New Zealand  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
150,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Southern Thai  
Eastern North Island Maori  

Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi  
New Zealand  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
39
150,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.85 %  
24
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
20.00 million  
37
0.18 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
40.00 million  
21
0.10 million  
99+

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
47  
99+
26  
24

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  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
-  

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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.

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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.

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