Countries
Thailand
  
Madagascar
  
National Language
Thailand
  
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- Malagasy language was originated in southeast Asia, since it shares several common words and meanings with Indonesian Languages.
- About 93% of the basic vocabulary is of Malayo-Polynesian origin in Malagasy language.
  
Similar To
Lao Language
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Khmer Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Thai-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Malagasy-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Thai
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
Salama!
  
Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
  
Misaotra
  
How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
  
Manao ahoana!
  
Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
  
Alina tsara
  
Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
Manao ahoana e
  
Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
  
Manao ahoana e
  
Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
  
Maraina tsara
  
Please
โปรด (Pord)
  
azafady
  
Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
Miala tsiny
  
Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
  
Veloma!
  
I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
  
Tiako ianao.
  
Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
Azafady
  
Dialect 1
Isan
  
Eastern Malagasy
  
Where They Speak
Isan
  
Merina
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
5,000,000.00
  
17
Dialect 2
Northern Thai
  
Western Malagasy
  
Where They Speak
Northern Thailand
  
Sakalava
  
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00
  
13
1,200,000.00
  
24
Dialect 3
Southern Thai
  
Not Available
  
Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00
  
8
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
20.00 million
  
37
18.00 million
  
38
Second Language Speakers
40.00 million
  
15
Not Available
  
Native Name
ภาษาไทย
  
Fiteny Malagasy
  
Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
  
Malagasy Sign Language
  
French Name
thaï
  
malgache
  
German Name
Thailändisch
  
Malagassi-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
  
Malagasy people
  
Origin
1283 CE
  
1000 AD
  
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Tai
  
Austronesian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indonesian
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Thai
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Thai
  
standard Malagasy
  
Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
th
  
mg
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tha
  
mlg
  
ISO 639 2/B
tha
  
mlg
  
ISO 639 3
tha
  
mlg
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
thai1261
  
mala1537
  
Linguasphere
47-AAA-b
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Verb-Object-Subject
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Not Available
  
Thai and Malagasy Speaking population
Thai and Malagasy speaking population is one of the factors based on which Thai and Malagasy languages can be compared. The total count of Thai and Malagasy Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Thai language is 0.85 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Malagasy language is 0.28 %. 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 Malagasy on Thai vs Malagasy where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Thai and Malagasy Language Codes
Thai and Malagasy language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Thai and Malagasy Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.