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Sanskrit and Thai


Thai and Sanskrit


Countries

Countries
India   
Thailand   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
India   
Thailand   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Burma, Cambodia, Laos   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)   

Interesting Facts
  • Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
  • Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  
  • 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
Old German Language   
Lao Language   

Derived From
Prakrit Language   
Khmer Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52   
31
44   
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16   
13
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
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
20 weeks   
5
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)   
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)   

Thank You
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)   
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)   

How Are You?
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)   
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)   

Good Night
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)   
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)   

Good Evening
शुभः सायंकालः   
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)   

Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार   
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)   

Good Morning
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)   
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)   

Please
कृपया (kripayā)   
โปรด (Pord)   

Sorry
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)   
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)   

Bye
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)   
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)   

I Love You
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)   
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)   

Excuse Me
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)   
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Not present   
Isan   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Isan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
20,000,000.00   
10

Dialect 2
Not present   
Northern Thai   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Northern Thailand   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
6,000,000.00   
13

Dialect 3
Not present   
Southern Thai   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
4,500,000.00   
8

Total No. Of Dialects
0   
9   
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
14.10 million   
99+
60.00 million   
27

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.85 %   
23

Native Speakers
14.10 million   
99+
20.00 million   
37

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
40.00 million   
15

Native Name
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)   
ภาษาไทย   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang   

French Name
sanskrit   
thaï   

German Name
Sanskrit   
Thailändisch   

Pronunciation
[səmskr̩t̪əm]   
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Central Thai and Thai Chinese   

History

Origin
2000 B.C.   
1283 CE   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Tai-Kadai Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Tai   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Vedic Sanskrit   
Old Thai   

Standard Forms
Sanskrit   
Thai   

Language Position
Not Available   
47   
34

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Thai Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sa   
th   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
san   
tha   

ISO 639 2/B
san   
tha   

ISO 639 3
san   
tha   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sans1269   
thai1261   

Linguasphere
No data available   
47-AAA-b   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Ancient   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Analytic, Isolating   

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

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Sanskrit and Thai Speaking population

Sanskrit and Thai speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sanskrit and Thai languages can be compared. The total count of Sanskrit and Thai Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sanskrit language is Not Available 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 Sanskrit and Thai on Sanskrit vs Thai where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Sanskrit and Thai Language Codes

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

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