Countries
Thailand
  
India, Karnataka, India
  
National Language
Thailand
  
Karnataka, India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Goa
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
  
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
  
Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
  
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
  
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.
  
- Kannada is the third oldest language after Sanskrit and Tamil of India
- Kannada language is only Indian language which got maximum i.e. 8 GyanaPeetha Awards.
  
Similar To
Lao Language
  
Telugu
  
Derived From
Khmer Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
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Kannada-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Thai
  
Kannada Script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
  
Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
  
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
  
How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
  
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
  
Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
  
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
  
Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
  
Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
  
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
  
Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
  
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
  
Please
โปรด (Pord)
  
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
  
Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
  
Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
  
ಬೈ (Bai)
  
I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
  
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
  
Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
  
Dialect 1
Isan
  
Badaga
  
Where They Speak
Isan
  
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 2
Northern Thai
  
Urali
  
Where They Speak
Northern Thailand
  
kerala
  
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00
  
13
Dialect 3
Southern Thai
  
Kurumba
  
Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
  
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00
  
8
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
49.00 million
  
29
Native Speakers
20.00 million
  
37
38.00 million
  
26
Second Language Speakers
40.00 million
  
15
11.00 million
  
21
Native Name
ภาษาไทย
  
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
  
Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
  
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
  
French Name
thaï
  
kannada
  
German Name
Thailändisch
  
Kannada
  
Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
  
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
  
Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
  
Kannadiga
  
Origin
1283 CE
  
c. 450
  
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Dravidian Family
  
Subgroup
Tai
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Thai
  
Old Kannada, Kannada
  
Standard Forms
Thai
  
Modern Kannada
  
Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
th
  
kn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tha
  
kan
  
ISO 639 2/B
tha
  
kan
  
ISO 639 3
tha
  
kan
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
thai1261
  
nucl1305
  
Linguasphere
47-AAA-b
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Not Available