Countries
Thailand
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
Thailand
  
India, Pakistan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Pakistan
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
  
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
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.
  
- Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
- Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
  
Similar To
Lao Language
  
Hindi Language
  
Derived From
Khmer Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Thai-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Punjabi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Thai
  
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
  
Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
  
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
  
How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
  
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
  
Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
  
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
  
Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
  
Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Please
โปรด (Pord)
  
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
  
Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
  
Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
  
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
  
I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
  
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
  
Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
  
Dialect 1
Isan
  
Pothohari
  
Where They Speak
Isan
  
Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
2,500,000.00
  
22
Dialect 2
Northern Thai
  
Saraiki
  
Where They Speak
Northern Thailand
  
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00
  
13
20,000,000.00
  
5
Dialect 3
Southern Thai
  
Doabi
  
Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
  
Pakistan, Punjab, India
  
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00
  
8
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
154.30 million
  
12
Native Speakers
20.00 million
  
37
100.00 million
  
11
Second Language Speakers
40.00 million
  
15
54.30 million
  
12
Native Name
ภาษาไทย
  
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
  
Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
  
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
  
French Name
thaï
  
pendjabi
  
German Name
Thailändisch
  
Pandschabi-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
  
Not Availble
  
Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
  
Punjabis
  
Origin
1283 CE
  
1000 AD
  
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Tai
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Thai
  
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
  
Standard Forms
Thai
  
Modern Punjabi
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
th
  
pa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tha
  
pan
  
ISO 639 2/B
tha
  
pan
  
ISO 639 3
tha
  
pan
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
thai1261
  
panj1256
  
Linguasphere
47-AAA-b
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Fusional