Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
  
Thailand
  
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 in
Malaysian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Thai-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Thai
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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)
  
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
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
How Many People Speak?
175.00 million
  
10
60.00 million
  
27
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language
  
Thai Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.