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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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