Countries
Thailand
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
National Language
Thailand
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
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
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
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.
- Malayalam language has 54 literals. Same sounds have different versions to it.
- Malayalam script is reffered as "Rod Script" and it is derived from the Grantha script, which was developed from Indic script of Brahmi.
Similar To
Lao Language
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Derived From
Khmer Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Thai
Brahmic family and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
ഹലോ (halēā)
Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
നന്ദി (nandi)
How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
Please
โปรด (Pord)
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
വിട (viṭa)
I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
Dialect 1
Isan
Judeo-Malayalam
Where They Speak
Isan
Israel, kerala
Dialect 2
Northern Thai
Mappila
Where They Speak
Northern Thailand
India
Dialect 3
Southern Thai
Pandy Malayalam
Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
France, kerala
Native Name
ภาษาไทย
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
French Name
thaï
malayalam
German Name
Thailändisch
Malayalam
Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]
Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
Malayali
Origin
1283 CE
9th Century
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Dravidian Family
Early Forms
Old Thai
No early form
Standard Forms
Thai
Malayalam
Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language
Signed Malayalam
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
thai1261
mala1464
Linguasphere
47-AAA-b
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Synthetic
Thai and Malayalam 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 Malayalam greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Thai and Malayalam language. Thai word for "Hello" is สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī) or Malayalam word for "Thank You" is നന്ദി (nandi). Find more of such common Thai Greetings and Malayalam Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Thai vs Malayalam Difficulty
The Thai vs Malayalam difficulty level basically depends on the number of Thai Alphabets and Malayalam 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 Malayalam are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Thai and Malayalam, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Thai is 44 weeks while to learn Malayalam time required is 44 weeks.