Countries
Thailand
  
China, Mongolia
  
National Language
Thailand
  
China, Mongolia
  
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
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
  
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
  
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.
  
- Mongolian was first written using Phagspa script in late 13th century.
- There is no connection between Mongolian, Japanese and Korean, but still in terms of grammar and sentence structure they are very similar.
  
Similar To
Lao Language
  
Turkish Language
  
Derived From
Khmer Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Thai-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Mongolian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Thai
  
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
  
Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
  
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
  
How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
  
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
  
Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
  
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
  
Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
  
Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
  
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
  
Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
  
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
  
Please
โปรด (Pord)
  
Хэрэв (Kherev)
  
Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
  
Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
  
Баяртай (Bayartai)
  
I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
  
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
  
Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
  
Dialect 1
Isan
  
Khalkha Mongolian
  
Where They Speak
Isan
  
Mongolia
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Northern Thai
  
Ordos Mongolian
  
Where They Speak
Northern Thailand
  
Mongolia
  
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00
  
13
Dialect 3
Southern Thai
  
Khorchin Mongolian
  
Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
  
Mongolia
  
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00
  
8
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
5.70 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
20.00 million
  
37
5.70 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
40.00 million
  
15
Not Available
  
Native Name
ภาษาไทย
  
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
  
Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
  
Not Available
  
French Name
thaï
  
mongol
  
German Name
Thailändisch
  
Mongolisch
  
Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
  
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
  
Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1283 CE
  
1224-1225
  
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Mongolic family
  
Subgroup
Tai
  
Mongolian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Thai
  
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
  
Standard Forms
Thai
  
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language
  
Mongolian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
th
  
mn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tha
  
mon
  
ISO 639 2/B
tha
  
mon
  
ISO 639 3
tha
  
mon
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
thai1261
  
mong1331
  
Linguasphere
47-AAA-b
  
part of 44-BAA-b
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Not Available