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Maithili vs Thai


Countries

Countries
Thailand  
India, Nepal  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Thailand  
India, Nepal  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Nepal  

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.
  
  • Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
  • Maithili has rich literature.
  

Similar To
Lao Language  
Bhojpuri Language  

Derived From
Khmer Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44  
24
47  
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
32  
21
8  
5

How Many Consonants
44  
33
22  
12

Scripts
Thai  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  
pranam  

Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)  
dhanyabad  

How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)  
Aahan kehan chhi ?  

Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)  
Śubharātri  

Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  
shubh sandhya  

Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)  
dopahar ke bad namaskar  

Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)  
Suprabhaat  

Please
โปรด (Pord)  
kripaya  

Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  
maf karai  

Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)  
Alavidā  

I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)  
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi  

Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  
kripaya  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Isan  
Tharuwat  

Where They Speak
Isan  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
29
35,000,000.00  
21

Dialect 2
Northern Thai  
Madhubani  

Where They Speak
Northern Thailand  
North India  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
35,000,000.00  
19

Dialect 3
Southern Thai  
Khortha  

Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi  
Deoghar, France  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
39
35,000,000.00  
17

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
15  
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million  
27
32.00 million  
35

Speaking Population
0.85 %  
24
0.41 %  
35

Native Speakers
20.00 million  
37
27.00 million  
30

Second Language Speakers
40.00 million  
21
2.80 million  
99+

Native Name
ภาษาไทย  
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)  

Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang  
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia  

French Name
thaï  
maithili  

German Name
Thailändisch  
Maithili  

Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]  
[ˈmaitʰili]  

Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese  
Maithil  

History

Origin
1283 CE  
14th century  

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Tai  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Thai  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Thai  
Standard Maithili  

Language Position
47  
99+
40  
37

Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language  
Maithili Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
th  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tha  
mai  

ISO 639 2/B
tha  
mai  

ISO 639 3
tha  
mai  

ISO 639 6
tha  
mai  

Glottocode
thai1261  
mait1250  

Linguasphere
47-AAA-b  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
-  

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Thai and Maithili Language History

Comparison of Thai vs Maithili language history gives us differences between origin of Thai and Maithili language. History of Thai language states that this language originated in 1283 CE whereas history of Maithili language states that this language originated in 14th century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Thai and Maithili Language History.

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Thai and Maithili 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 Maithili greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Thai and Maithili language. Thai word for "Hello" is สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī) or Maithili word for "Thank You" is dhanyabad. Find more of such common Thai Greetings and Maithili Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Thai vs Maithili Difficulty

The Thai vs Maithili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Thai Alphabets and Maithili 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 Maithili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Thai and Maithili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Thai is 44 weeks while to learn Maithili time required is 44 weeks.

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