Countries
Thailand
Sri Lanka
National Language
Thailand
Sri Lanka
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
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.
- In Sinhalese language, there are many loanwords from Dravidian languages mainly Tamil, Portuguese, Dutch and English.
- Sinhalese language has it own script/ writing system.
Similar To
Lao Language
Maldivian Language
Derived From
Khmer Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Thai
Sinhala alphabet
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
හලෝ (halō)
Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Please
โปรด (Pord)
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
බායි (bāyi)
I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Where They Speak
Isan
Sri Lanka
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Northern Thai
Not Available
Where They Speak
Northern Thailand
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Southern Thai
Not Available
Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
ภาษาไทย
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
French Name
thaï
singhalais
German Name
Thailändisch
Singhalesisch
Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
Sinhalese people
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tai
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Indic
Early Forms
Old Thai
Sinhalese Prakrit
Standard Forms
Thai
Modern Sinhalese
Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
thai1261
sinh1246
Linguasphere
47-AAA-b
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Fusional
Thai and Sinhalese 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 Sinhalese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Thai and Sinhalese language. Thai word for "Hello" is สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī) or Sinhalese word for "Thank You" is ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi). Find more of such common Thai Greetings and Sinhalese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Thai vs Sinhalese Difficulty
The Thai vs Sinhalese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Thai Alphabets and Sinhalese 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 Sinhalese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Thai and Sinhalese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Thai is 44 weeks while to learn Sinhalese time required is 44 weeks.