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Thai and Santali


Santali and Thai


Countries

Countries
Thailand   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Thailand   
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal   

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)   
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.
  
  • Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
  • Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
  

Similar To
Lao Language   
Munda Language   

Derived From
Khmer Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44   
24
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
32   
21
6   
3

How Many Consonants
44   
33
21   
11

Scripts
Thai   
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)   
Henda ho   

Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)   
Adi Johar   

How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)   
Cet’leka menama?   

Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)   
Boge Ninda   

Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)   
Boge Ayup’   

Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)   
Not Available   

Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)   
Boge Setak’   

Please
โปรด (Pord)   
Not Available   

Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)   
Not Available   

Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)   
Not Available   

I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)   
Not Available   

Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)   
Not Available   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Isan   
Mahali   

Where They Speak
Isan   
India   

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00   
10
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Northern Thai   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Northern Thailand   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00   
13
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Southern Thai   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi   
Not Available   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
9   
9
1   
1

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.85 %   
23
Not Available   

Native Speakers
20.00 million   
37
6.30 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
40.00 million   
15
Not Available   

Native Name
ภาษาไทย   
संथाली (sãtʰālī)   

Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang   
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal   

French Name
thaï   
santal   

German Name
Thailändisch   
Santali   

Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese   
Santal and Teraibasi Santali   

History

Origin
1283 CE   
20th century   

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family   
Austroasiatic Family   

Subgroup
Tai   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Thai   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Thai   
Santali   

Language Position
47   
34
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
th   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tha   
sat   

ISO 639 2/B
tha   
sat   

ISO 639 3
tha   
sat   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
thai1261   
sant1410   

Linguasphere
47-AAA-b   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Not Available   

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

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Thai and Santali Speaking population

Thai and Santali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Thai and Santali languages can be compared. The total count of Thai and Santali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Thai language is 0.85 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Santali language is Not Available. 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 Santali on Thai vs Santali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Thai and Santali Language Codes

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

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