About Thai Language
According to Wikipedia.org, Thai, also known as Central Thai is a Tai language of the Kra–Dai language family. It is spoken by the Central Thai people. A vast majority of Thai Chinese also speak Thai. It is the official language of Thailand. Thai is one of the most spoken languages. There are over 60 languages of Thailand but Thai is one of the most popular languages in Thailand. It is spoken by both native and overall speakers. Half of the Thai vocabulary is similar to Pali, Sanskrit, Mon, and Old Khmer. It is the analytic language and is very much similar to the Chinese and Vietnamese languages. Thai is a dominant language and is spoken by the majority of the society in Thailand. Thai language gained widespread popularity in Thailand and other parts of the world. The language is also adopted as the second language in the late 18th century. Ethnic minorities speak Thai other than their native language or dialect.
About Maori Language
According to Wikipedia.org, Maori is the official language in the Cook Islands and New Zealand. The total number of Maori speakers is around 100,000 to 150,000. It has a distinctive nature as compared to other Polynesian languages. Maori contains five vowels and each one of them is either long or short. There are ten consonants in total that include h, k, m, n, ng, p, r, t, and w. You will rarely find any prefixes and suffixes while the nouns, verbs, and tenses are indicated with syntax. Traditionally Maori didn’t have a fixed writing system but it is now written in Latin script. The modern text of Maori features long and short vowels. A lot of older texts are based on long vowels and double letters.
