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Countries

Countries

Thailand
India, Manipur

Total No. Of Countries

11
0 46
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National Language

Thailand
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India

Second Language

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

Speaking Continents

Asia
Asia

Minority Language

Burma, Cambodia, Laos
Assam, Manipur, Tripura

Regulated By

Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
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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.
  • Meithei Language is currently classified as a vulnerable language by UNESCO.
  • The oldest document in Methei language was dated back in 8th century were inscriptions on the copper plate.

Similar To

Lao Language
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages

Derived From

Khmer Language
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

4427
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

326
0 32
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How Many Consonants

4415
9 60
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Scripts

Thai
Bengali

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn

Language Levels

33
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
Khurumjari

Thank You

ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
Yamna nungaijare

How Are You?

คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?

Good Night

นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
Athengba Ahing

Good Evening

สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
মানিপুরি

Good Afternoon

สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ

Good Morning

อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
Nongale haugatl

Please

โปรด (Pord)
Chanbiduna

Sorry

ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
Saobiganu

Bye

ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
Chatcharage

I Love You

ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
Eina nangbu nungsi

Excuse Me

ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
দুঃখিত

Dialects

Dialect 1

Isan
Loi

Where They Speak

Isan
Burma, Laos

How Many People Speak

20,000,000.005,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Northern Thai
Pangal

Where They Speak

Northern Thailand
Bangladesh, India

How Many People Speak

6,000,000.00273,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Southern Thai
Meithei proper

Where They Speak

Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India

How Many People Speak

4,500,000.001,250,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

96
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

60.00 million1.50 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.85 %0.01 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

20.00 million1.50 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

40.00 million1.50 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

ภาษาไทย
মৈইতৈইলোন

Alternative Names

Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna

French Name

thaï
Meithei

German Name

Thailändisch
Meithei

Pronunciation

[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
[ˈmeɪteɪ]

Ethnicity

Central Thai and Thai Chinese
Meithei people

History

Origin

1283 CE
1700

Language Family

Tai-Kadai Family
Sino-Tibetan Family

Subgroup

Tai
Tibeto-Burman

Branch

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Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Thai
No early forms

Standard Forms

Thai
Standard Meithei

Language Position

4738
1 120
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Signed Forms

Thai Sign Language
Meithei Sign Language

Scope

Individual
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Code

ISO 639 1

th
No data available

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

tha
mni

ISO 639 2/B

tha
mni

ISO 639 3

tha
mni

ISO 639 6

tha
mni

Glottocode

thai1261
mani1292

Linguasphere

47-AAA-b
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Types of Language

Language Type

Living
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Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology

Analytic, Isolating
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Thai and Meithei Alphabets

Thai and Meithei Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Thai and Meithei. In Thai Alphabets there are 44 letters while in Meithei Alphabets there are 27 letters. To learn Thai and Meithei languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Thai and Meithei 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 Meithei greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Thai and Meithei are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Thai and Meithei Speaking population

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

Thai and Meithei Language Codes

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