Countries
India, Nepal
  
Thailand
  
National Language
Nepal
  
Thailand
  
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
People's Republic of China
  
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
  
Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal
  
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
  
Interesting Facts
- Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
- Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  
- 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
Hindi
  
Lao Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Khmer Language
  
Alphabets in
Nepali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Thai-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Thai
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)
  
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
  
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
  
How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
  
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
  
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
  
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
  
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
  
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
Good Afternoon
Good afternoon
  
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
  
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
  
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
  
Please
कृपया
  
โปรด (Pord)
  
Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
  
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)
  
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
  
I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
  
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
  
Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
  
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
Dialect 1
Doteli
  
Isan
  
Where They Speak
Nepal
  
Isan
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 2
Bajhangi
  
Northern Thai
  
Where They Speak
India, Nepal
  
Northern Thailand
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
6,000,000.00
  
13
Dialect 3
Baitadeli
  
Southern Thai
  
Where They Speak
Nepal
  
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
4,500,000.00
  
8
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million
  
36
60.00 million
  
27
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
20.00 million
  
37
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million
  
29
40.00 million
  
15
Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)
  
ภาษาไทย
  
Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
  
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
  
French Name
népalais
  
thaï
  
German Name
Nepali
  
Thailändisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
  
Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
  
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
  
Origin
19 BC
  
1283 CE
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Tai
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
  
Old Thai
  
Standard Forms
Nepali
  
Thai
  
Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
  
Thai Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ne
  
th
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
nep
  
tha
  
ISO 639 2/B
nep
  
tha
  
ISO 639 3
npi
  
tha
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nepa1254
  
thai1261
  
Linguasphere
12
  
47-AAA-b
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Analytic, Isolating