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Thai and Nepali


Nepali and Thai


Countries

Countries
Thailand   
India, Nepal   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Thailand   
Nepal   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Republic of Brazil   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Burma, Cambodia, Laos   
People's Republic of China   

Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)   
Language Academy of Nepal   

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.
  
  • Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
  • Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  

Similar To
Lao Language   
Hindi   

Derived From
Khmer Language   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44   
24
48   
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
32   
21
12   
9

How Many Consonants
44   
33
36   
26

Scripts
Thai   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)   
नमस्ते (namaste)   

Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)   
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)   

How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)   
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)   

Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)   
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)   

Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)   
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)   

Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)   
Good afternoon   

Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)   
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)   

Please
โปรด (Pord)   
कृपया   

Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)   
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   

Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)   
नमस्ते (namaste)   

I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)   
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)   

Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)   
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Isan   
Doteli   

Where They Speak
Isan   
Nepal   

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00   
10
790,000.00   
30

Dialect 2
Northern Thai   
Bajhangi   

Where They Speak
Northern Thailand   
India, Nepal   

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00   
13
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Southern Thai   
Baitadeli   

Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi   
Nepal   

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00   
8
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
9   
9
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million   
27
30.00 million   
36

Speaking Population
0.85 %   
23
0.25 %   
99+

Native Speakers
20.00 million   
37
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
40.00 million   
15
5.00 million   
29

Native Name
ภาษาไทย   
नेपाली (nēpālī)   

Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang   
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate   

French Name
thaï   
népalais   

German Name
Thailändisch   
Nepali   

Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese   
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu   

History

Origin
1283 CE   
19 BC   

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Tai   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Thai   
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha   

Standard Forms
Thai   
Nepali   

Language Position
47   
34
59   
99+

Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language   
Signed Nepali   

Scope
Individual   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
th   
ne   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tha   
nep   

ISO 639 2/B
tha   
nep   

ISO 639 3
tha   
npi   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
thai1261   
nepa1254   

Linguasphere
47-AAA-b   
12   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Agglutinative   

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

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Thai and Nepali Speaking population

Thai and Nepali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Thai and Nepali languages can be compared. The total count of Thai and Nepali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Thai language is 0.85 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 %. 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 Nepali on Thai vs Nepali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Thai and Nepali Language Codes

Thai and Nepali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Thai and Nepali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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