Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
Thailand
Total No. Of Countries
51
0
46
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National Language
China, Taiwan
Thailand
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
Interesting Facts
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
- 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
Japanese and Korean Languages
Lao Language
Derived From
-
Khmer Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2644
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
2432
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2344
9
60
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Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Thai
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
How Are You?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
Please
请 (Qǐng)
โปรด (Pord)
Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
Dialect 1
Mandarin
Isan
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Isan
How Many People Speak
960,000,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Wu
Northern Thai
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
Northern Thailand
How Many People Speak
80,000,000.006,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Yue
Southern Thai
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
How Many People Speak
60,000,000.004,500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
109
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million60.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
16.00 %0.85 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
873.00 million20.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
178.00 million40.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
ภาษาไทย
Alternative Names
Zhongwen, Hanyu
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
French Name
chinois
thaï
German Name
Chinesisch
Thailändisch
Pronunciation
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
Ethnicity
Han
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
Origin
1250 BC
1283 CE
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Subgroup
-
Tai
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Thai
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
Thai
Language Position
147
1
120
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Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Thai Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
zh
th
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
zho
tha
ISO 639 2/B
chi
tha
ISO 639 3
zho
tha
ISO 639 6
zho
tha
Glottocode
sini1245
thai1261
Linguasphere
79-AAA
47-AAA-b
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Analytic, Isolating