Countries
Thailand
  
Myanmar
  
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 in
Thai-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Thai
  
Tangut
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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)
  
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
Dialect 3
Southern Thai
  
Intha
  
Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
  
Burma
  
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00
  
8
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
43.00 million
  
30
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language
  
Burmese sign language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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