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Thai and Burmese


Burmese and Thai


Countries

Countries
Thailand   
Myanmar   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Thailand   
Myanmar   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Bangladesh, Burma   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Burma, Cambodia, Laos   
Mon   

Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)   
Myanmar Language Commission   

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.
  
  • The naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
  • It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
  

Similar To
Lao Language   
Thai Language   

Derived From
Khmer Language   
Pali Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44   
24
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
32   
21
12   
9

How Many Consonants
44   
33
33   
23

Scripts
Thai   
Tangut   

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
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)   
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)   

Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)   
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)   

How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)   
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)   

Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)   
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)   

Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)   
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)   

Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)   
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)   

Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)   
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)   

Please
โปรด (Pord)   
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)   

Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)   
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)   

Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)   
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)   

I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)   
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)   

Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)   
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Isan   
Arakanese   

Where They Speak
Isan   
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar   

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00   
10
2,000,000.00   
24

Dialect 2
Northern Thai   
Tavoyan   

Where They Speak
Northern Thailand   
Myanmar   

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00   
13
440,000.00   
30

Dialect 3
Southern Thai   
Intha   

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

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00   
8
90,000.00   
30

Total No. Of Dialects
9   
9
5   
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million   
27
43.00 million   
30

Speaking Population
0.85 %   
23
0.50 %   
29

Native Speakers
20.00 million   
37
33.00 million   
28

Second Language Speakers
40.00 million   
15
10.00 million   
23

Native Name
ภาษาไทย   
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)   

Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang   
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa   

French Name
thaï   
birman   

German Name
Thailändisch   
Birmanisch   

Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese   
Bamar people   

History

Origin
1283 CE   
1113 AD   

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Tai   
Tibeto-Burman   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Thai   
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese   

Standard Forms
Thai   
Modern Burmese   

Language Position
47   
34
43   
32

Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language   
Burmese sign language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
th   
my   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tha   
mya   

ISO 639 2/B
tha   
bur   

ISO 639 3
tha   
mya   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
thai1261   
sout3159   

Linguasphere
47-AAA-b   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Analytic, Isolating   

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

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Thai and Burmese Speaking population

Thai and Burmese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Thai and Burmese languages can be compared. The total count of Thai and Burmese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Thai language is 0.85 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 %. 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 Burmese on Thai vs Burmese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Thai and Burmese Language Codes

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

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