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Malaysian vs Thai


Thai vs 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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Malaysian and Thai Language History

Comparison of Malaysian vs Thai language history gives us differences between origin of Malaysian and Thai language. History of Malaysian language states that this language originated in c. 683 AD whereas history of Thai language states that this language originated in 1283 CE. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Malaysian and Thai Language History.

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Malaysian and Thai 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 Malaysian and Thai greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malaysian and Thai language. Malaysian word for "Hello" is Hai or Thai word for "Thank You" is ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ). Find more of such common Malaysian Greetings and Thai Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Malaysian vs Thai Difficulty

The Malaysian vs Thai difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malaysian Alphabets and Thai 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 Malaysian and Thai are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malaysian and Thai, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malaysian is 36 weeks while to learn Thai time required is 44 weeks.

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