Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Thailand
National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Thailand
Second Language
South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Asia
Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
Interesting Facts
- Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
- There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
- 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
German and English Languages
Lao Language
Derived From
Not Available
Khmer Language
Alphabets in
Dutch-Alphabets.jpg#200
Thai-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Hallo
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
Thank You
dankjewel
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
Good Night
goede Nacht
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
Good Evening
goedenavond
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
Good Afternoon
goedemiddag
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
Good Morning
goedemorgen
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
Please
alsjeblieft
โปรด (Pord)
Sorry
sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
Bye
vaarwel
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
I Love You
Ik hou van jou
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
Excuse Me
pardon
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
Where They Speak
Netherlands
Isan
Dialect 2
Low Saxon
Northern Thai
Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
Northern Thailand
Dialect 3
Limburgian
Southern Thai
Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
Native Name
Nederlands
ภาษาไทย
Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
French Name
néerlandais; flamand
thaï
German Name
Niederländisch
Thailändisch
Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
Ethnicity
Dutch people
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
Origin
AD 450-500
1283 CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Branch
Western
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
Old Thai
Standard Forms
Standard Dutch
Thai
Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Thai Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
mode1257
thai1261
Linguasphere
52-ACB-a
47-AAA-b
Language Type
Historical
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Analytic, Isolating
Dutch 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 Dutch and Thai greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Dutch and Thai language. Dutch word for "Hello" is Hallo or Thai word for "Thank You" is ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ). Find more of such common Dutch Greetings and Thai Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Dutch vs Thai Difficulty
The Dutch vs Thai difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dutch 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 Dutch and Thai are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dutch and Thai, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dutch is 24 weeks while to learn Thai time required is 44 weeks.