Countries
Thailand
Myanmar
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Thailand
Myanmar
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Bangladesh, Burma
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
Mon
Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
Myanmar Language Commission
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.
- The naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
- It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
Similar To
Lao Language
Thai Language
Derived From
Khmer Language
Pali Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4433
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
3212
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4433
9
60
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Scripts
Thai
Tangut
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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)
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
Please
โปรด (Pord)
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
Dialect 1
Isan
Arakanese
Where They Speak
Isan
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.002,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Thai
Tavoyan
Where They Speak
Northern Thailand
Myanmar
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00440,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Southern Thai
Intha
Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
Burma
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.0090,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
95
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million43.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.85 %0.50 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
20.00 million33.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
40.00 million10.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ภาษาไทย
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
French Name
thaï
birman
German Name
Thailändisch
Birmanisch
Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
[bəmɛ̀]
Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
Bamar people
Origin
1283 CE
1113 AD
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Tai
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Thai
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
Standard Forms
Thai
Modern Burmese
Language Position
4743
1
120
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Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language
Burmese sign language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
th
my
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tha
mya
ISO 639 2/B
tha
bur
ISO 639 3
tha
mya
ISO 639 6
tha
mya
Glottocode
thai1261
sout3159
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
Analytic, Isolating