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Thai and Bengali


Bengali and Thai


Countries

Countries
Thailand   
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
4   
11

National Language
Thailand   
Bangladesh, India   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
India   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Burma, Cambodia, Laos   
Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)   
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi   

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.
  
  • Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
  • 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.
  

Similar To
Lao Language   
Assamese and Oriya   

Derived From
Khmer Language   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44   
24
51   
30

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
32   
21
11   
8

How Many Consonants
44   
33
40   
29

Scripts
Thai   
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)   
হ্যালো (Hyālō)   

Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)   
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)   

How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)   
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)   

Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)   
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)   

Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)   
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)   

Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)   
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)   

Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)   
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)   

Please
โปรด (Pord)   
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)   

Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)   
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)   

Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)   
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)   

I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)   
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)   

Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)   
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Isan   
Chakma   

Where They Speak
Isan   
Bangladesh, Burma, India   

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00   
10
330,000.00   
36

Dialect 2
Northern Thai   
Hajong   

Where They Speak
Northern Thailand   
Bangladesh, India   

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00   
13
71,000.00   
36

Dialect 3
Southern Thai   
Rarhi   

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

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

Total No. Of Dialects
9   
9
25   
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million   
27
215.00 million   
9

Speaking Population
0.85 %   
23
3.11 %   
8

Native Speakers
20.00 million   
37
196.00 million   
7

Second Language Speakers
40.00 million   
15
19.00 million   
16

Native Name
ภาษาไทย   
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)   

Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang   
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa   

French Name
thaï   
bengali   

German Name
Thailändisch   
Bengali   

Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]   
Not available   

Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese   
Bengalis (Bengali people)   

History

Origin
1283 CE   
1000–1200 CE   

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Tai   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Thai   
Abahatta, Old Bengali   

Standard Forms
Thai   
Bengali   

Language Position
47   
34
4   
4

Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
th   
bn   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tha   
ben   

ISO 639 2/B
tha   
ben   

ISO 639 3
tha   
ben   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
thai1261   
beng1280   

Linguasphere
47-AAA-b   
59-AAF-u   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Not Available   

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

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Thai and Bengali Speaking population

Thai and Bengali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Thai and Bengali languages can be compared. The total count of Thai and Bengali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Thai language is 0.85 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Bengali language is 3.11 %. 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 Bengali on Thai vs Bengali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Thai and Bengali Language Codes

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

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