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Thai and Punjabi


Punjabi and Thai


Countries

Countries
Thailand   
India, Pakistan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Thailand   
India, Pakistan   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Pakistan   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Burma, Cambodia, Laos   
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)   
Not Available   

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.
  
  • Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
  • Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
  

Similar To
Lao Language   
Hindi Language   

Derived From
Khmer Language   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44   
24
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
32   
21
9   
6

How Many Consonants
44   
33
41   
30

Scripts
Thai   
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
6 weeks   
3

Greetings

Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)   
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)   

Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)   
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)   

How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)   
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)   

Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)   
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)   

Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)   
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)   

Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)   
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)   

Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)   
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)   

Please
โปรด (Pord)   
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)   

Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)   
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)   

Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)   
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)   

I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)   
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)   

Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)   
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Isan   
Pothohari   

Where They Speak
Isan   
Pakistan   

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00   
10
2,500,000.00   
22

Dialect 2
Northern Thai   
Saraiki   

Where They Speak
Northern Thailand   
Afganistan, India, Pakistan   

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00   
13
20,000,000.00   
5

Dialect 3
Southern Thai   
Doabi   

Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi   
Pakistan, Punjab, India   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
9   
9
30   
24

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million   
27
154.30 million   
12

Speaking Population
0.85 %   
23
1.44 %   
11

Native Speakers
20.00 million   
37
100.00 million   
11

Second Language Speakers
40.00 million   
15
54.30 million   
12

Native Name
ภาษาไทย   
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی   

Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang   
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi   

French Name
thaï   
pendjabi   

German Name
Thailändisch   
Pandschabi-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]   
Not Availble   

Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese   
Punjabis   

History

Origin
1283 CE   
1000 AD   

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Tai   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Thai   
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi   

Standard Forms
Thai   
Modern Punjabi   

Language Position
47   
34
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language   
Indian Signing System (ISS)   

Scope
Individual   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
th   
pa   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tha   
pan   

ISO 639 2/B
tha   
pan   

ISO 639 3
tha   
pan   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
thai1261   
panj1256   

Linguasphere
47-AAA-b   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Fusional   

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

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Thai and Punjabi Speaking population

Thai and Punjabi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Thai and Punjabi languages can be compared. The total count of Thai and Punjabi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Thai language is 0.85 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Punjabi language is 1.44 %. 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 Punjabi on Thai vs Punjabi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Thai and Punjabi Language Codes

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

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