Countries
South Africa
Thailand
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
South Africa
Thailand
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
Interesting Facts
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
- 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.
Similar To
Dutch Language
Lao Language
Derived From
Dutch Language
Khmer Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3244
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1532
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1744
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Thai
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
hallo
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
Thank You
Dankie
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
Good Night
goeie nag
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
Good Evening
Goeienaand
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
Good Morning
goeie more
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
Please
asseblief
โปรด (Pord)
Sorry
jammer
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
Bye
Totsiens
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Isan
Where They Speak
-
Isan
How Many People Speak
7,700,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Northern Thai
Where They Speak
-
Northern Thailand
How Many People Speak
7,700,000.006,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Southern Thai
Where They Speak
Namibia
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
How Many People Speak
7.004,500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
39
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
19.00 million60.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.03 %0.85 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.10 million20.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
10.30 million40.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Afrikaans
ภาษาไทย
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
French Name
afrikaans
thaï
German Name
Afrikaans
Thailändisch
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
Origin
17th Century
1283 CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Tai
Branch
Western
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Old Thai
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Thai
Language Position
2347
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Thai Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
af
th
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
afr
tha
ISO 639 2/B
afr
tha
ISO 639 3
afr
tha
ISO 639 6
afrs
tha
Glottocode
afri1274
thai1261
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
47-AAA-b
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
Analytic, Isolating