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 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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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
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?
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
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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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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