Countries
Thailand
Myanmar
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
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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)
Where They Speak
Isan
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
Dialect 2
Northern Thai
Tavoyan
Where They Speak
Northern Thailand
Myanmar
Dialect 3
Southern Thai
Intha
Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
Burma
Native Name
ภาษาไทย
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
German Name
Thailändisch
Birmanisch
Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
[bəmɛ̀]
Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
Bamar people
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Tai
Tibeto-Burman
Early Forms
Old Thai
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
Standard Forms
Thai
Modern Burmese
Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language
Burmese sign language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
thai1261
sout3159
Linguasphere
47-AAA-b
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Analytic, Isolating
Thai and Burmese Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Thai and Burmese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Thai and Burmese language. Thai word for "Hello" is สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī) or Burmese word for "Thank You" is ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai). Find more of such common Thai Greetings and Burmese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Thai vs Burmese Difficulty
The Thai vs Burmese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Thai Alphabets and Burmese Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Thai and Burmese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Thai and Burmese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Thai is 44 weeks while to learn Burmese time required is 44 weeks.