Countries
Thailand
  
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
National Language
Thailand
  
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  
Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
  
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
  
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.
  
- Malayalam language has 54 literals. Same sounds have different versions to it.
- Malayalam script is reffered as "Rod Script" and it is derived from the Grantha script, which was developed from Indic script of Brahmi.
  
Similar To
Lao Language
  
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
  
Derived From
Khmer Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Thai-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Thai
  
Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
ഹലോ (halēā)
  
Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
  
നന്ദി (nandi)
  
How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
  
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
  
Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
  
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
  
Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
  
Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
  
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
  
Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
  
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
  
Please
โปรด (Pord)
  
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
  
Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
  
Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
  
വിട (viṭa)
  
I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
  
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
  
Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
  
Dialect 1
Isan
  
Judeo-Malayalam
  
Where They Speak
Isan
  
Israel, kerala
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Northern Thai
  
Mappila
  
Where They Speak
Northern Thailand
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00
  
13
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Southern Thai
  
Pandy Malayalam
  
Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
  
France, kerala
  
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00
  
8
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
38.00 million
  
33
Native Speakers
20.00 million
  
37
38.00 million
  
26
Second Language Speakers
40.00 million
  
15
Not Available
  
Native Name
ภาษาไทย
  
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
  
Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
  
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
  
French Name
thaï
  
malayalam
  
German Name
Thailändisch
  
Malayalam
  
Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
  
Malayali
  
Origin
1283 CE
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Dravidian Family
  
Subgroup
Tai
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Thai
  
No early form
  
Standard Forms
Thai
  
Malayalam
  
Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
th
  
ml
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tha
  
mal
  
ISO 639 2/B
tha
  
mal
  
ISO 639 3
tha
  
mal
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
thai1261
  
mala1464
  
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
  
Synthetic