Countries
Thailand
  
Fiji, India
  
National Language
Thailand
  
India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Oceania
  
Minority Language
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
  
Central Hindi Directorate
  
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.
  
- In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
- In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
  
Similar To
Lao Language
  
Urdu
  
Derived From
Khmer Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Thai-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Hindi.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Thai
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
नमस्ते (Namastē)
  
Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
  
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
  
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
  
Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
  
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
  
Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
  
Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
  
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
  
Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
  
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
  
Please
โปรด (Pord)
  
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
खेद (Khēda)
  
Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
  
अलविदा (Alavidā)
  
I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
  
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
  
Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
  
Dialect 1
Isan
  
Khariboli
  
Where They Speak
Isan
  
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
240,000,000.00
  
2
Dialect 2
Northern Thai
  
Marwari
  
Where They Speak
Northern Thailand
  
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
  
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00
  
13
22,000,000.00
  
3
Dialect 3
Southern Thai
  
Bundeli
  
Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
  
Bundelkhand
  
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00
  
8
20,000,000.00
  
4
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
380.00 million
  
5
Native Speakers
20.00 million
  
37
260.00 million
  
4
Second Language Speakers
40.00 million
  
15
120.00 million
  
6
Native Name
ภาษาไทย
  
हिन्दी
  
Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
  
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
  
French Name
thaï
  
hindi
  
German Name
Thailändisch
  
Hindi
  
Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
  
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
  
Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
  
Hindustani people
  
Origin
1283 CE
  
7th Century
  
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Tai
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Thai
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Thai
  
Standard Hindi
  
Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language
  
Indian Signing System
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
th
  
hi
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tha
  
hin
  
ISO 639 2/B
tha
  
hin
  
ISO 639 3
tha
  
hin
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
hins
  
Glottocode
thai1261
  
hind1269
  
Linguasphere
47-AAA-b
  
59-AAF-qf
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Fusional, Synthetic