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Nepali and Thai


Thai and Nepali


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal   
Thailand   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

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

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

Alphabets
48   
28
44   
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
32   
21

How Many Consonants
36   
26
44   
33

Scripts
Devanagari   
Thai   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doteli   
Isan   

Where They Speak
Nepal   
Isan   

How Many People Speak
790,000.00   
30
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

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
9   
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million   
36
60.00 million   
27

Speaking Population
0.25 %   
99+
0.85 %   
23

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   

History

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   

Language Position
59   
99+
47   
34

Signed Forms
Signed Nepali   
Thai Sign Language   

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

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   

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

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Nepali and Thai Speaking population

Nepali and Thai speaking population is one of the factors based on which Nepali and Thai languages can be compared. The total count of Nepali and Thai Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 % 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 Nepali and Thai on Nepali vs Thai where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Nepali and Thai Language Codes

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

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