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Thai vs Sinhalese


Sinhalese vs Thai


Countries

Countries
Thailand   
Sri Lanka   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

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

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

Alphabets
44   
24
54   
33

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
32   
21
18   
15

How Many Consonants
44   
33
36   
26

Scripts
Thai   
Sinhala alphabet   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Isan   
Vedda   

Where They Speak
Isan   
Sri Lanka   

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

Dialect 2
Northern Thai   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
Northern Thailand   
Not Available   

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

Dialect 3
Southern Thai   
Not Available   

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
16.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.85 %   
23
0.25 %   
99+

Native Speakers
20.00 million   
37
16.00 million   
39

Second Language Speakers
40.00 million   
15
2.00 million   
34

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   

History

Origin
1283 CE   
3   

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Tai   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Thai   
Sinhalese Prakrit   

Standard Forms
Thai   
Modern Sinhalese   

Language Position
47   
34
70   
99+

Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
th   
si   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tha   
sin   

ISO 639 2/B
tha   
sin   

ISO 639 3
tha   
sin   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
thai1261   
sinh1246   

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   
Fusional   

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Thai and Sinhalese Language History

Comparison of Thai vs Sinhalese language history gives us differences between origin of Thai and Sinhalese language. History of Thai language states that this language originated in 1283 CE whereas history of Sinhalese language states that this language originated in 3. 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 Sinhalese Language History.

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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.

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