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Thai vs Danish


Countries

Countries
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council  
Thailand  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
1  
14

National Language
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland  
Thailand  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe, North America, South America  
Asia  

Minority Language
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America  
Burma, Cambodia, Laos  

Regulated By
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)  
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)  

Interesting Facts
  • Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are mutually intelligible, that means if u learn Danish is almost like learning three languages in one.
  • There are 9 vowels in Danish language, which can be pronounced in 16 different ways.
  
  • 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
Norwegian and Swedish  
Lao Language  

Derived From
Old Norse Language  
Khmer Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Danish-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Thai-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
29  
11
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
32  
21

How Many Consonants
20  
10
44  
33

Scripts
Latin  
Thai  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Hallo  
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  

Thank You
Mange tak  
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)  

How Are You?
Hvordan har du det?  
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)  

Good Night
God nat  
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)  

Good Evening
God aften  
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  

Good Afternoon
God eftermiddag  
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)  

Good Morning
God morgen  
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)  

Please
Please  
โปรด (Pord)  

Sorry
Undskyld!  
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  

Bye
Farvel  
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)  

I Love You
Jeg elsker dig  
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)  

Excuse Me
Undskyld mig  
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Scanian  
Isan  

Where They Speak
Sweden  
Isan  

How Many People Speak
80,000.00  
99+
20,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 2
Jutlandic  
Northern Thai  

Where They Speak
Denmark  
Northern Thailand  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Bornholmsk  
Southern Thai  

Where They Speak
Island of Bornholm  
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
34
4,500,000.00  
39

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
9  
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.50 million  
99+
60.00 million  
27

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.85 %  
24

Native Speakers
5.50 million  
99+
20.00 million  
37

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million  
99+
40.00 million  
21

Native Name
dansk  
ภาษาไทย  

Alternative Names
Dansk, Rigsdansk  
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang  

French Name
danois  
thaï  

German Name
Dänisch  
Thailändisch  

Pronunciation
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]  
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]  

Ethnicity
Danish people or Danes  
Central Thai and Thai Chinese  

History

Origin
c. 1100 AD  
1283 CE  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Tai-Kadai Family  

Subgroup
-  
Tai  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish  
Old Thai  

Standard Forms
Rigsdansk  
Thai  

Language Position
18  
16
47  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Danish  
Thai Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
da  
th  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dan  
tha  

ISO 639 2/B
dan  
tha  

ISO 639 3
dan  
tha  

ISO 639 6
dan  
tha  

Glottocode
dani1284  
thai1261  

Linguasphere
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj  
47-AAA-b  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Analytic, Isolating  

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Danish and Thai Language History

Comparison of Danish vs Thai language history gives us differences between origin of Danish and Thai language. History of Danish language states that this language originated in c. 1100 AD whereas history of Thai language states that this language originated in 1283 CE. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Danish and Thai Language History.

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Danish and Thai Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Danish and Thai greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Danish and Thai language. Danish word for "Hello" is Hallo or Thai word for "Thank You" is ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ). Find more of such common Danish Greetings and Thai Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Danish vs Thai Difficulty

The Danish vs Thai difficulty level basically depends on the number of Danish Alphabets and Thai Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Danish and Thai are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Danish and Thai, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Danish is 24 weeks while to learn Thai time required is 44 weeks.

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