Countries
Thailand
  
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
  
National Language
Thailand
  
India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
  
Israel, Mauritius
  
Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
  
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
  
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.
  
- Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
- Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
  
Similar To
Lao Language
  
Konkani Language
  
Derived From
Khmer Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Thai-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Thai
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
  
Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
  
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
  
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
  
Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
  
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
  
Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
  
Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
  
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
  
Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
  
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
  
Please
โปรด (Pord)
  
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
  
Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
  
बाय (Bāya)
  
I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
  
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
  
Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
  
Dialect 1
Isan
  
Maharashtrian Konkani
  
Where They Speak
Isan
  
Kokan
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
2,400,000.00
  
23
Dialect 2
Northern Thai
  
Varhadi
  
Where They Speak
Northern Thailand
  
Vidarbha
  
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00
  
13
7,000,000.00
  
12
Dialect 3
Southern Thai
  
Khandeshi
  
Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
  
Khandesh
  
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00
  
8
1,900,000.00
  
15
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
71.00 million
  
25
Native Speakers
20.00 million
  
37
68.00 million
  
16
Second Language Speakers
40.00 million
  
15
3.00 million
  
32
Native Name
ภาษาไทย
  
मराठी (marāṭhī)
  
Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
  
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
  
French Name
thaï
  
marathe
  
German Name
Thailändisch
  
Marathi
  
Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
  
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
  
Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
  
Marathi people
  
Origin
1283 CE
  
10th century
  
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Tai
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Thai
  
Maharashtri Prakrit
  
Standard Forms
Thai
  
Marathi
  
Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
th
  
mr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tha
  
mar
  
ISO 639 2/B
tha
  
mar
  
ISO 639 3
tha
  
mar
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
thai1261
  
mara1378
  
Linguasphere
47-AAA-b
  
omr
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Not Available