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Thai vs Punjabi


Punjabi vs Thai


Countries

Countries
Thailand  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Thailand  
India, Pakistan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Pakistan  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Burma, Cambodia, Laos  
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)  
Not Available  

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.
  
  • Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
  • Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
  

Similar To
Lao Language  
Hindi Language  

Derived From
Khmer Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44  
24
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
32  
21
9  
6

How Many Consonants
44  
33
41  
30

Scripts
Thai  
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)  

Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)  
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)  

How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)  
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)  

Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)  
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)  

Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)  

Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)  

Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)  

Please
โปรด (Pord)  
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)  

Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)  

Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)  
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)  

I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)  
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)  

Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Isan  
Pothohari  

Where They Speak
Isan  
Pakistan  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
10
2,500,000.00  
22

Dialect 2
Northern Thai  
Saraiki  

Where They Speak
Northern Thailand  
Afganistan, India, Pakistan  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
13
20,000,000.00  
5

Dialect 3
Southern Thai  
Doabi  

Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi  
Pakistan, Punjab, India  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
30  
24

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million  
27
154.30 million  
12

Speaking Population
0.85 %  
23
1.44 %  
11

Native Speakers
20.00 million  
37
100.00 million  
11

Second Language Speakers
40.00 million  
15
54.30 million  
12

Native Name
ภาษาไทย  
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی  

Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang  
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi  

French Name
thaï  
pendjabi  

German Name
Thailändisch  
Pandschabi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]  
Not Availble  

Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese  
Punjabis  

History

Origin
1283 CE  
1000 AD  

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Tai  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Not Available  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Thai  
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi  

Standard Forms
Thai  
Modern Punjabi  

Language Position
47  
34
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
Not Available  

Code

ISO 639 1
th  
pa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tha  
pan  

ISO 639 2/B
tha  
pan  

ISO 639 3
tha  
pan  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
thai1261  
panj1256  

Linguasphere
47-AAA-b  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Not Available  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Fusional  

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Thai and Punjabi Language History

Comparison of Thai vs Punjabi language history gives us differences between origin of Thai and Punjabi language. History of Thai language states that this language originated in 1283 CE whereas history of Punjabi language states that this language originated in 1000 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 Punjabi Language History.

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

Thai vs Punjabi Difficulty

The Thai vs Punjabi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Thai Alphabets and Punjabi 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 Punjabi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Thai and Punjabi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Thai is 44 weeks while to learn Punjabi time required is 6 weeks.

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