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Thai vs Santali


Santali vs Thai


Countries

Countries
Thailand  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Thailand  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal  

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)  
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.
  
  • Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
  • Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
  

Similar To
Lao Language  
Munda Language  

Derived From
Khmer Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44  
24
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
32  
21
6  
3

How Many Consonants
44  
33
21  
11

Scripts
Thai  
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
Not Available  

Greetings

Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  
Henda ho  

Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)  
Adi Johar  

How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)  
Cet’leka menama?  

Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)  
Boge Ninda  

Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  
Boge Ayup’  

Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)  
Not Available  

Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)  
Boge Setak’  

Please
โปรด (Pord)  
Not Available  

Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  
Not Available  

Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)  
Not Available  

I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)  
Not Available  

Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  
Not Available  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Isan  
Mahali  

Where They Speak
Isan  
India  

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

Dialect 2
Northern Thai  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Northern Thailand  
Not Available  

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

Dialect 3
Southern Thai  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi  
Not Available  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
1  
1

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.85 %  
23
Not Available  

Native Speakers
20.00 million  
37
6.30 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
40.00 million  
15
Not Available  

Native Name
ภาษาไทย  
संथाली (sãtʰālī)  

Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang  
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal  

French Name
thaï  
santal  

German Name
Thailändisch  
Santali  

Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese  
Santal and Teraibasi Santali  

History

Origin
1283 CE  
20th century  

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Tai  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Thai  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Thai  
Santali  

Language Position
47  
34
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
th  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tha  
sat  

ISO 639 2/B
tha  
sat  

ISO 639 3
tha  
sat  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
thai1261  
sant1410  

Linguasphere
47-AAA-b  
No data available  

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 Santali Language History

Comparison of Thai vs Santali language history gives us differences between origin of Thai and Santali language. History of Thai language states that this language originated in 1283 CE whereas history of Santali language states that this language originated in 20th century. 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 Santali Language History.

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

Thai vs Santali Difficulty

The Thai vs Santali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Thai Alphabets and Santali 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 Santali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Thai and Santali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Thai is 44 weeks while to learn Santali time required is Not Available.

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