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Thai vs Malayalam


Malayalam vs Thai


Countries

Countries
Thailand   
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
3   
12

National Language
Thailand   
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry   

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   
Andaman and Nicobar Islands   

Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)   
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala   

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.
  
  • Malayalam language has 54 literals. Same sounds have different versions to it.
  • Malayalam script is reffered as "Rod Script" and it is derived from the Grantha script, which was developed from Indic script of Brahmi.
  

Similar To
Lao Language   
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages   

Derived From
Khmer Language   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44   
24
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
32   
21
15   
12

How Many Consonants
44   
33
41   
30

Scripts
Thai   
Brahmic family and derivatives   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)   
ഹലോ (halēā)   

Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)   
നന്ദി (nandi)   

How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)   
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)   

Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)   
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)   

Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)   
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)   

Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)   
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)   

Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)   
രാവിലെ (rāvile)   

Please
โปรด (Pord)   
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)   

Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)   
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)   

Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)   
വിട (viṭa)   

I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)   
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)   

Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)   
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Isan   
Judeo-Malayalam   

Where They Speak
Isan   
Israel, kerala   

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

Dialect 2
Northern Thai   
Mappila   

Where They Speak
Northern Thailand   
India   

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

Dialect 3
Southern Thai   
Pandy Malayalam   

Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi   
France, kerala   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
9   
9
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million   
27
38.00 million   
33

Speaking Population
0.85 %   
23
0.57 %   
27

Native Speakers
20.00 million   
37
38.00 million   
26

Second Language Speakers
40.00 million   
15
Not Available   

Native Name
ภาษาไทย   
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)   

Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang   
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla   

French Name
thaï   
malayalam   

German Name
Thailändisch   
Malayalam   

Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese   
Malayali   

History

Origin
1283 CE   
9th Century   

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family   
Dravidian Family   

Subgroup
Tai   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Thai   
No early form   

Standard Forms
Thai   
Malayalam   

Language Position
47   
34
29   
24

Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
th   
ml   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tha   
mal   

ISO 639 2/B
tha   
mal   

ISO 639 3
tha   
mal   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
thai1261   
mala1464   

Linguasphere
47-AAA-b   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Synthetic   

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Thai and Malayalam Language History

Comparison of Thai vs Malayalam language history gives us differences between origin of Thai and Malayalam language. History of Thai language states that this language originated in 1283 CE whereas history of Malayalam language states that this language originated in 9th Century. 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 Malayalam Language History.

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

Thai vs Malayalam Difficulty

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

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