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Malaysian and Thai


Thai and Malaysian


Countries

Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore   
Thailand   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
1   
14

National Language
Malaysia   
Thailand   

Second Language
Indonesia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Thailand   
Burma, Cambodia, Laos   

Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka   
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
  • Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  
  • 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
Indonesian Language   
Lao Language   

Derived From
Tamil Language   
Khmer Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
44   
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
32   
21

How Many Consonants
24   
14
44   
33

Scripts
Latin   
Thai   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Hai   
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)   

Thank You
terima kasih   
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)   

How Are You?
Apa khabar?   
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)   

Good Night
Selamat Malam   
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)   

Good Evening
Selamat Petang   
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)   

Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari   
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)   

Good Morning
Selamat pagi   
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)   

Please
sila   
โปรด (Pord)   

Sorry
maaf   
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)   

Bye
Selamat tinggal   
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)   

I Love You
Saya sayang kamu   
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)   

Excuse Me
Maafkan saya   
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bengkulu   
Isan   

Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra   
Isan   

How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00   
25
20,000,000.00   
10

Dialect 2
Pekal   
Northern Thai   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Northern Thailand   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
40
6,000,000.00   
13

Dialect 3
Musi   
Southern Thai   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi   

How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00   
11
4,500,000.00   
8

Total No. Of Dialects
24   
20
9   
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
175.00 million   
10
60.00 million   
27

Speaking Population
1.16 %   
14
0.85 %   
23

Native Speakers
77.00 million   
12
20.00 million   
37

Second Language Speakers
98.00 million   
8
40.00 million   
15

Native Name
Bahasa melayu   
ภาษาไทย   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang   

French Name
malais   
thaï   

German Name
Malaiisch   
Thailändisch   

Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]   
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Central Thai and Thai Chinese   

History

Origin
c. 683 AD   
1283 CE   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Tai-Kadai Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Tai   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,   
Old Thai   

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay   
Thai   

Language Position
54   
39
47   
34

Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language   
Thai Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ms   
th   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
msa   
tha   

ISO 639 2/B
may   
tha   

ISO 639 3
zsm   
tha   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1306   
thai1261   

Linguasphere
No data available   
47-AAA-b   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Analytic, Isolating   

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All Malaysian 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 Malaysian and Thai dialects. Various dialects of Malaysian and Thai language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Malaysian are spoken in different Malaysian Speaking Countries whereas Thai Dialects are spoken in different Thai speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Malaysian vs Thai Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Malaysian dialects include: Bengkulu, Pekal. Thai dialects include: Isan , Northern Thai. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Malaysian and Thai Speaking population

Malaysian and Thai speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malaysian and Thai languages can be compared. The total count of Malaysian and Thai Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malaysian language is 1.16 % 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 Malaysian and Thai on Malaysian vs Thai where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malaysian and Thai Language Codes

Malaysian and Thai language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Malaysian and Thai Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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