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Thai vs Nepali


Nepali vs Thai


Countries

Countries
Thailand  
India, Nepal  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Thailand  
Nepal  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Republic of Brazil  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Burma, Cambodia, Laos  
People's Republic of China  

Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)  
Language Academy of Nepal  

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.
  
  • Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
  • Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  

Similar To
Lao Language  
Hindi  

Derived From
Khmer Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44  
24
48  
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
32  
21
12  
9

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
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  
नमस्ते (namaste)  

Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)  
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)  

How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)  
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)  

Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)  
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)  

Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)  

Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)  
Good afternoon  

Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)  
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)  

Please
โปรด (Pord)  
कृपया  

Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  

Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)  
नमस्ते (namaste)  

I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)  
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)  

Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Isan  
Doteli  

Where They Speak
Isan  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
10
790,000.00  
30

Dialect 2
Northern Thai  
Bajhangi  

Where They Speak
Northern Thailand  
India, Nepal  

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

Dialect 3
Southern Thai  
Baitadeli  

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

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

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million  
27
30.00 million  
36

Speaking Population
0.85 %  
23
0.25 %  
99+

Native Speakers
20.00 million  
37
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
40.00 million  
15
5.00 million  
29

Native Name
ภาษาไทย  
नेपाली (nēpālī)  

Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang  
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate  

French Name
thaï  
népalais  

German Name
Thailändisch  
Nepali  

Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese  
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu  

History

Origin
1283 CE  
19 BC  

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Tai  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Not Available  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Thai  
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha  

Standard Forms
Thai  
Nepali  

Language Position
47  
34
59  
99+

Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language  
Signed Nepali  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
th  
ne  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tha  
nep  

ISO 639 2/B
tha  
nep  

ISO 639 3
tha  
npi  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
thai1261  
nepa1254  

Linguasphere
47-AAA-b  
12  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Agglutinative  

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Thai and Nepali Language History

Comparison of Thai vs Nepali language history gives us differences between origin of Thai and Nepali language. History of Thai language states that this language originated in 1283 CE whereas history of Nepali language states that this language originated in 19 BC. 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 Nepali Language History.

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

Thai vs Nepali Difficulty

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

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