National Language
Thailand
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
Not Available
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.
- Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
- Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
Similar To
Lao Language
Munda Language
Derived From
Khmer Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
Thai-Alphabets.jpg#200
Santali-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Thai
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
Henda ho
Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
Adi Johar
How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
Cet’leka menama?
Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
Boge Ninda
Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
Boge Ayup’
Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
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Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
Boge Setak’
Please
โปรด (Pord)
Not Available
Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
Not Available
Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
Not Available
I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
Not Available
Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
Not Available
Where They Speak
Isan
India
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Northern Thai
Not present
Where They Speak
Northern Thailand
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Southern Thai
Not present
Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
ภาษาไทย
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
German Name
Thailändisch
Santali
Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
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Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Origin
1283 CE
20th century
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Tai
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
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Early Forms
Old Thai
No early forms
Standard Forms
Thai
Santali
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
th
No data available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
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Glottocode
thai1261
sant1410
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
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Thai and Santali 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 Santali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Thai and Santali language. Thai word for "Hello" is สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī) or Santali word for "Thank You" is Adi Johar. Find more of such common Thai Greetings and Santali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Thai vs Santali Difficulty
The Thai vs Santali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Thai Alphabets and Santali 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 Santali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Thai and Santali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Thai is 44 weeks while to learn Santali time required is Not Available.