Afrikaans and Thai
Countries
South Africa
Thailand
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
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Thai-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Northern Thai
Where They Speak
-
Northern Thailand
Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Southern Thai
Where They Speak
Namibia
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
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
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Old Thai
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Thai
Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Thai Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
afri1274
thai1261
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
47-AAA-b
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
Analytic, Isolating
All Afrikaans and Thai Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Afrikaans and Thai dialects. Various dialects of Afrikaans and Thai language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Afrikaans are spoken in different Afrikaans Speaking Countries whereas Thai Dialects are spoken in different Thai speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Afrikaans vs Thai Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans, Oranjeriverafrikaans. Thai dialects include: Isan , Northern Thai. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Afrikaans and Thai Speaking population
Afrikaans and Thai speaking population is one of the factors based on which Afrikaans and Thai languages can be compared. The total count of Afrikaans and Thai Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is 0.03 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Thai language is 0.85 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Afrikaans and Thai on Afrikaans vs Thai where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Afrikaans and Thai Language Codes
Afrikaans and Thai language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Afrikaans and Thai Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.