Countries
Myanmar
Thailand
National Language
Myanmar
Thailand
Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Mon
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- 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.
Similar To
Thai Language
Lao Language
Derived From
Pali Language
Khmer Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
โปรด (Pord)
Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
Isan
Dialect 2
Tavoyan
Northern Thai
Where They Speak
Myanmar
Northern Thailand
Dialect 3
Intha
Southern Thai
Where They Speak
Burma
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
ภาษาไทย
Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
German Name
Birmanisch
Thailändisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
Ethnicity
Bamar people
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Tai
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
Old Thai
Standard Forms
Modern Burmese
Thai
Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
Thai Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sout3159
thai1261
Linguasphere
No data available
47-AAA-b
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Analytic, Isolating
All Burmese and Thai Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Burmese and Thai dialects. Various dialects of Burmese and Thai language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Burmese are spoken in different Burmese Speaking Countries whereas Thai Dialects are spoken in different Thai speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Burmese vs Thai Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Burmese dialects include: Arakanese, Tavoyan. Thai dialects include: Isan , Northern Thai. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Burmese and Thai Speaking population
Burmese and Thai speaking population is one of the factors based on which Burmese and Thai languages can be compared. The total count of Burmese and Thai Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Thai language is 0.85 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Burmese and Thai on Burmese vs Thai where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Burmese and Thai Language Codes
Burmese and Thai language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Burmese and Thai Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.