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Thai vs Malaysian


Malaysian vs Thai


Countries

Countries
Thailand  
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

National Language
Thailand  
Malaysia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Indonesia  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Burma, Cambodia, Laos  
Thailand  

Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)  
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka  

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.
  
  • One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
  • Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  

Similar To
Lao Language  
Indonesian Language  

Derived From
Khmer Language  
Tamil Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44  
24
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
32  
21
6  
3

How Many Consonants
44  
33
24  
14

Scripts
Thai  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
36 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  
Hai  

Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)  
terima kasih  

How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)  
Apa khabar?  

Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)  
Selamat Malam  

Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  
Selamat Petang  

Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)  
Selamat tengah hari  

Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)  
Selamat pagi  

Please
โปรด (Pord)  
sila  

Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  
maaf  

Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)  
Selamat tinggal  

I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)  
Saya sayang kamu  

Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  
Maafkan saya  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Isan  
Bengkulu  

Where They Speak
Isan  
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
10
1,600,000.00  
25

Dialect 2
Northern Thai  
Pekal  

Where They Speak
Northern Thailand  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
13
30,000.00  
40

Dialect 3
Southern Thai  
Musi  

Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
8
3,100,000.00  
11

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
24  
20

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million  
27
175.00 million  
10

Speaking Population
0.85 %  
23
1.16 %  
14

Native Speakers
20.00 million  
37
77.00 million  
12

Second Language Speakers
40.00 million  
15
98.00 million  
8

Native Name
ภาษาไทย  
Bahasa melayu  

Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang  
Not Available  

French Name
thaï  
malais  

German Name
Thailändisch  
Malaiisch  

Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]  
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]  

Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese  
Not Available  

History

Origin
1283 CE  
c. 683 AD  

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Tai  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Thai  
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,  

Standard Forms
Thai  
Pluricentric Standard Malay  

Language Position
47  
34
54  
39

Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language  
Malaysian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
th  
ms  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tha  
msa  

ISO 639 2/B
tha  
may  

ISO 639 3
tha  
zsm  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
thai1261  
stan1306  

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  
Agglutinative  

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Thai and Malaysian Language History

Comparison of Thai vs Malaysian language history gives us differences between origin of Thai and Malaysian language. History of Thai language states that this language originated in 1283 CE whereas history of Malaysian language states that this language originated in c. 683 AD. 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 Malaysian Language History.

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

Thai vs Malaysian Difficulty

The Thai vs Malaysian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Thai Alphabets and Malaysian 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 Malaysian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Thai and Malaysian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Thai is 44 weeks while to learn Malaysian time required is 36 weeks.

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