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Thai and Assamese


Assamese and Thai


Countries

Countries
Thailand   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Thailand   
Bangladesh, India   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Burma, Cambodia, Laos   
Bangladesh, Bhutan   

Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)   
Asam Sahitya Sabha   

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • Assamese was reinstated as the state language of Assam in 1873.
  • Assamese language has its own stream of origin, it is evolved in a different way from rest of the Indo-Aryan languages of India.
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Similar To
Lao Language   
Bengali and Oriya   

Derived From
Khmer Language   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44   
24
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
32   
21
11   
8

How Many Consonants
44   
33
41   
30

Scripts
Thai   
Bengali   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)   
nomoskaar   

Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)   
ḍhonyobaaḍ   

How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)   
aapuni kene aase?   

Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)   
subhoraattri   

Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)   
subha gadhuli   

Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)   
subha abeli   

Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)   
suprobhaat   

Please
โปรด (Pord)   
anugroha kori   

Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)   
moi ḍukkhita   

Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)   
biḍai   

I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)   
moi tomaak bhaalpaao   

Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)   
kyoma koribo   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Isan   
Kamrupi   

Where They Speak
Isan   
Western Assam   

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00   
10
6,000,000.00   
16

Dialect 2
Northern Thai   
Goalpariya   

Where They Speak
Northern Thailand   
Western Assam   

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

Dialect 3
Southern Thai   
Bhakatiya   

Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi   
Assam   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
9   
9
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.85 %   
23
0.24 %   
99+

Native Speakers
20.00 million   
37
15.00 million   
40

Second Language Speakers
40.00 million   
15
Not Available   

Native Name
ภาษาไทย   
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)   

Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang   
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya   

French Name
thaï   
assamais   

German Name
Thailändisch   
Assamesisch   

Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese   
Assamese people   

History

Origin
1283 CE   
7th century A.D   

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Tai   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Thai   
Kamarupa   

Standard Forms
Thai   
Assamese   

Language Position
47   
34
65   
99+

Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
th   
as   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tha   
asm   

ISO 639 2/B
tha   
asm   

ISO 639 3
tha   
asm   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
thai1261   
assa1263   

Linguasphere
47-AAA-b   
59-AAF-w   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Not Available   

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

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Thai and Assamese Speaking population

Thai and Assamese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Thai and Assamese languages can be compared. The total count of Thai and Assamese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Thai language is 0.85 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Assamese language is 0.24 %. 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 Thai and Assamese on Thai vs Assamese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Thai and Assamese Language Codes

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

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