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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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