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Thai vs Mongolian


Mongolian vs Thai


Countries

Countries
Thailand   
China, Mongolia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Thailand   
China, Mongolia   

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)   
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)   

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.
  
  • Mongolian was first written using Phagspa script in late 13th century.
  • There is no connection between Mongolian, Japanese and Korean, but still in terms of grammar and sentence structure they are very similar.
  

Similar To
Lao Language   
Turkish Language   

Derived From
Khmer Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44   
24
35   
17

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
32   
21
13   
10

How Many Consonants
44   
33
20   
10

Scripts
Thai   
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)   
Сайн уу (Sain uu)   

Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)   
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)   

How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)   
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)   

Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)   
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)   

Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)   
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)   

Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)   
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)   

Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)   
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)   

Please
โปรด (Pord)   
Хэрэв (Kherev)   

Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)   
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)   

Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)   
Баяртай (Bayartai)   

I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)   
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)   

Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)   
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Isan   
Khalkha Mongolian   

Where They Speak
Isan   
Mongolia   

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

Dialect 2
Northern Thai   
Ordos Mongolian   

Where They Speak
Northern Thailand   
Mongolia   

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00   
13
123,000.00   
34

Dialect 3
Southern Thai   
Khorchin Mongolian   

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

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

Total No. Of Dialects
9   
9
8   
8

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.85 %   
23
Not Available   

Native Speakers
20.00 million   
37
5.70 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
40.00 million   
15
Not Available   

Native Name
ภาษาไทย   
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)   

Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang   
Not Available   

French Name
thaï   
mongol   

German Name
Thailändisch   
Mongolisch   

Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]   
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/   

Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese   
Not Available   

History

Origin
1283 CE   
1224-1225   

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family   
Mongolic family   

Subgroup
Tai   
Mongolian   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Thai   
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian   

Standard Forms
Thai   
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian   

Language Position
47   
34
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language   
Mongolian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
th   
mn   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tha   
mon   

ISO 639 2/B
tha   
mon   

ISO 639 3
tha   
mon   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
thai1261   
mong1331   

Linguasphere
47-AAA-b   
part of 44-BAA-b   

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 Mongolian Language History

Comparison of Thai vs Mongolian language history gives us differences between origin of Thai and Mongolian language. History of Thai language states that this language originated in 1283 CE whereas history of Mongolian language states that this language originated in 1224-1225. 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 Mongolian Language History.

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

Thai vs Mongolian Difficulty

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

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