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
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Thai
  
Sinhala alphabet
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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)
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
16.00 million
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.