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Thai and Malagasy


Malagasy and Thai


Countries

Countries
Thailand   
Madagascar   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

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

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

Alphabets
44   
24
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
32   
21
5   
2

How Many Consonants
44   
33
20   
10

Scripts
Thai   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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   

Total No. Of Dialects
9   
9
2   
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million   
27
Not Available   

Speaking Population
0.85 %   
23
0.28 %   
40

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   

History

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   

Language Position
47   
34
84   
99+

Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

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   

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

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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.

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