Countries
Thailand
India, Nepal
National Language
Thailand
Nepal
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
People's Republic of China
Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
Language Academy of Nepal
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.
- Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
- Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
Similar To
Lao Language
Hindi
Derived From
Khmer Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Nepali-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
नमस्ते (namaste)
Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
Good afternoon
Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
नमस्ते (namaste)
I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Where They Speak
Isan
Nepal
Dialect 2
Northern Thai
Bajhangi
Where They Speak
Northern Thailand
India, Nepal
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Southern Thai
Baitadeli
Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
Nepal
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
ภาษาไทย
नेपाली (nēpālī)
Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
French Name
thaï
népalais
German Name
Thailändisch
Nepali
Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tai
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Indic
Early Forms
Old Thai
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
Standard Forms
Thai
Nepali
Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language
Signed Nepali
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
thai1261
nepa1254
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Agglutinative
Thai and Nepali 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 Nepali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Thai and Nepali language. Thai word for "Hello" is สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī) or Nepali word for "Thank You" is धन्यवाद (dhanyabad). Find more of such common Thai Greetings and Nepali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Thai vs Nepali Difficulty
The Thai vs Nepali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Thai Alphabets and Nepali 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 Nepali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Thai and Nepali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Thai is 44 weeks while to learn Nepali time required is 44 weeks.