Cantonese and Thai
Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
Thailand
National Language
China, Guangdong
Thailand
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Hawaii
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
Interesting Facts
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
- 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
Chinese Language
Lao Language
Derived From
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Khmer Language
Alphabets in
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Thai-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Thai
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
您好
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
Thank You
谢谢
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
How Are You?
你好吗？
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
Good Night
晚安
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
Good Evening
晚上好
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
Good Afternoon
下午好
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
Good Morning
早上好
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
Sorry
遗憾
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
I Love You
我爱你
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
Excuse Me
原谅我
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
Where They Speak
outside mainland China
Isan
Dialect 2
Xiguan
Northern Thai
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Northern Thailand
Dialect 3
Hong Kong
Southern Thai
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa
ภาษาไทย
Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
French Name
cantonais
thaï
German Name
Kantonesisch
Thailändisch
Pronunciation
[kʰɐn˧˥tʰœːn˧˥sɨ˧˥]
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
Ethnicity
Han Chinese
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
Origin
17th century
1283 CE
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Thai
Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese
Thai
Signed Forms
Signed Cantonese
Thai Sign Language
ISO 639 1
No data available
th
ISO 639 3
No data available
tha
Glottocode
cant1236
thai1261
Linguasphere
No data available
47-AAA-b
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Analytic, Isolating
All Cantonese 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 Cantonese and Thai dialects. Various dialects of Cantonese and Thai language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Cantonese are spoken in different Cantonese Speaking Countries whereas Thai Dialects are spoken in different Thai speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Cantonese vs Thai Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou, Xiguan. Thai dialects include: Isan , Northern Thai. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Cantonese and Thai Speaking population
Cantonese and Thai speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cantonese and Thai languages can be compared. The total count of Cantonese and Thai Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 % 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 Cantonese and Thai on Cantonese vs Thai where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Cantonese and Thai Language Codes
Cantonese and Thai language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Cantonese and Thai Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.