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Thai and Sanskrit


Sanskrit and Thai


Countries

Countries
Thailand  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Thailand  
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  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)  
-  

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.
  
  • Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
  • Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  

Similar To
Lao Language  
Old German Language  

Derived From
Khmer Language  
Prakrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44  
24
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
32  
21
16  
13

How Many Consonants
44  
33
36  
26

Scripts
Thai  
Devanagari  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
20 weeks  
5

Greetings

Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)  

Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)  
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)  

How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)  
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)  

Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)  
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)  

Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  
शुभः सायंकालः  

Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)  
शुभ दुपार  

Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)  
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)  

Please
โปรด (Pord)  
कृपया (kripayā)  

Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  

Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)  
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)  

I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)  
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)  

Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Isan  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Isan  
-  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
29
140,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Northern Thai  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Northern Thailand  
-  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
140,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Southern Thai  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi  
-  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
39
140,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
0  

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.85 %  
24
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
20.00 million  
37
14.10 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
40.00 million  
21
-  

Native Name
ภาษาไทย  
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)  

Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang  
Saṃskṛtam, Sanskritam  

French Name
thaï  
sanskrit  

German Name
Thailändisch  
Sanskrit  

Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]  
[səmskr̩t̪əm]  

Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese  
Sanskrit speakers  

History

Origin
1283 CE  
2000 B.C.  

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Tai  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Thai  
Vedic Sanskrit  

Standard Forms
Thai  
Sanskrit  

Language Position
47  
99+
23  
21

Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language  
-  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
th  
sa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tha  
san  

ISO 639 2/B
tha  
san  

ISO 639 3
tha  
san  

ISO 639 6
tha  
san  

Glottocode
thai1261  
sans1269  

Linguasphere
47-AAA-b  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Ancient  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Synthetic  

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

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Thai and Sanskrit Speaking population

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

Thai and Sanskrit Language Codes

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

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