Countries
Thailand
  
India
  
National Language
Thailand
  
Bangladesh, India
  
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
  
Bangladesh, Bhutan
  
Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
  
Asam Sahitya Sabha
  
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.
  
- Assamese was reinstated as the state language of Assam in 1873.
- Assamese language has its own stream of origin, it is evolved in a different way from rest of the Indo-Aryan languages of India.
Similar To
Lao Language
  
Bengali and Oriya
  
Derived From
Khmer Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Thai-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Assamese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Thai
  
Bengali
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
nomoskaar
  
Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
  
ḍhonyobaaḍ
  
How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
  
aapuni kene aase?
  
Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
  
subhoraattri
  
Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
subha gadhuli
  
Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
  
subha abeli
  
Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
  
suprobhaat
  
Please
โปรด (Pord)
  
anugroha kori
  
Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
moi ḍukkhita
  
Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
  
biḍai
  
I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
  
moi tomaak bhaalpaao
  
Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
kyoma koribo
  
Dialect 1
Isan
  
Kamrupi
  
Where They Speak
Isan
  
Western Assam
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
6,000,000.00
  
16
Dialect 2
Northern Thai
  
Goalpariya
  
Where They Speak
Northern Thailand
  
Western Assam
  
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00
  
13
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Southern Thai
  
Bhakatiya
  
Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
  
Assam
  
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00
  
8
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
15.30 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
20.00 million
  
37
15.00 million
  
40
Second Language Speakers
40.00 million
  
15
Not Available
  
Native Name
ภาษาไทย
  
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)
  
Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
  
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya
  
French Name
thaï
  
assamais
  
German Name
Thailändisch
  
Assamesisch
  
Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
  
Assamese people
  
Origin
1283 CE
  
7th century A.D
  
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Tai
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Thai
  
Kamarupa
  
Standard Forms
Thai
  
Assamese
  
Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
th
  
as
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tha
  
asm
  
ISO 639 2/B
tha
  
asm
  
ISO 639 3
tha
  
asm
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
thai1261
  
assa1263
  
Linguasphere
47-AAA-b
  
59-AAF-w
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Not Available
  
Thai and Assamese Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Thai and Assamese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Thai and Assamese language. Thai word for "Hello" is สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī) or Assamese word for "Thank You" is ḍhonyobaaḍ. Find more of such common Thai Greetings and Assamese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Thai vs Assamese Difficulty
The Thai vs Assamese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Thai Alphabets and Assamese Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Thai and Assamese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Thai and Assamese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Thai is 44 weeks while to learn Assamese time required is Not Available.