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Thai vs Konkani


Konkani vs Thai


Countries

Countries
Thailand   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Thailand   
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   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)   
Govenment of Goa   

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.
  
  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  

Similar To
Lao Language   
Marathi   

Derived From
Khmer Language   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44   
24
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
32   
21
16   
13

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
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
4 weeks   
2

Greetings

Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)   
Namaskar   

Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)   
Dev Borem Korum   

How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)   
kaso assa?   

Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)   
Rati Boren Zavonn   

Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)   
Sanj Borem Zavonn   

Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)   
Not Available   

Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)   
Dis Borem Zavonn   

Please
โปรด (Pord)   
Chike   

Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)   
Maf kor   

Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)   
Adeus   

I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)   
hav tujo mog korta.   

Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)   
upkar korxi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Isan   
Antruz   

Where They Speak
Isan   
Goa   

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00   
10
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Northern Thai   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Northern Thailand   
Not Available   

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

Dialect 3
Southern Thai   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi   
Not Available   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
9   
9
1   
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million   
27
7.40 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.85 %   
23
0.11 %   
99+

Native Speakers
20.00 million   
37
7.40 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
40.00 million   
15
Not Available   

Native Name
ภาษาไทย   
Kōṅkaṇī   

Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang   
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese   

French Name
thaï   
konkani   

German Name
Thailändisch   
Konkani   

Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]   
kõkɳi   

Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese   
Konkanis   

History

Origin
1283 CE   
1209 A.D.   

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Tai   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Thai   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Thai   
Kokani   

Language Position
47   
34
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language   
Indian Signing System (ISS)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
th   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tha   
kok   

ISO 639 2/B
tha   
kok   

ISO 639 3
tha   
kok   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
thai1261   
goan1235   

Linguasphere
47-AAA-b   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Not Available   

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Thai and Konkani Language History

Comparison of Thai vs Konkani language history gives us differences between origin of Thai and Konkani language. History of Thai language states that this language originated in 1283 CE whereas history of Konkani language states that this language originated in 1209 A.D.. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Thai and Konkani Language History.

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Thai and Konkani 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 Konkani greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Thai and Konkani language. Thai word for "Hello" is สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī) or Konkani word for "Thank You" is Dev Borem Korum. Find more of such common Thai Greetings and Konkani Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Thai vs Konkani Difficulty

The Thai vs Konkani difficulty level basically depends on the number of Thai Alphabets and Konkani 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 Konkani are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Thai and Konkani, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Thai is 44 weeks while to learn Konkani time required is 4 weeks.

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