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Countries

Countries

Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
Thailand

Total No. Of Countries

321
0 46
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National Language

France
Thailand

Second Language

Africa, Canada
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
Asia

Minority Language

Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
Burma, Cambodia, Laos

Regulated By

Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)

Interesting Facts

  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  • 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

Italian Language
Lao Language

Derived From

Latin
Khmer Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2644
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

632
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2044
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Thai

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

63
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

24 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

bonjour
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)

Thank You

Merci
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)

How Are You?

Comment allez-vous?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)

Good Night

bonne Nuit
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)

Good Evening

bonsoir
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)

Good Afternoon

bon Après-Midi
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)

Good Morning

Bonjour
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)

Please

S'il vous plaît
โปรด (Pord)

Sorry

désolé
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)

Bye

au revoir
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)

I Love You

Je t'aime
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)

Excuse Me

Excuse Moi
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Quebec French
Isan

Where They Speak

New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
Isan

How Many People Speak

6,200,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

African French
Northern Thai

Where They Speak

Africa
Northern Thailand

How Many People Speak

274,000,000.006,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Swiss French
Southern Thai

Where They Speak

Northeast France, Switzerland
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi

How Many People Speak

1,800,000.004,500,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

259
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

163.00 million60.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

1.12 %0.85 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

76.00 million20.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

87.00 million40.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

français
ภาษาไทย

Alternative Names

Français
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang

French Name

français
thaï

German Name

Französisch
Thailändisch

Pronunciation

[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]

Ethnicity

French people
Central Thai and Thai Chinese

History

Origin

9th Century
1283 CE

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Tai-Kadai Family

Subgroup

Romance
Tai

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old French, Middle French and French
Old Thai

Standard Forms

Standard French
Thai

Language Position

1347
1 120
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Signed Forms

le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Thai Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

fr
th

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

fra
tha

ISO 639 2/B

fre
tha

ISO 639 3

fra
tha

ISO 639 6

fras
tha

Glottocode

stan1290
thai1261

Linguasphere

51-AAA-i
47-AAA-b

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
Analytic, Isolating

French and Thai Alphabets

French and Thai Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in French and Thai. In French Alphabets there are 26 letters while in Thai Alphabets there are 44 letters. To learn French and Thai languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of French and Thai languages. The French phonology consist French vowels and French consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at French greetings vs Thai greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether French and Thai are Most Spoken Languages.

All French 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 French and Thai dialects. Various dialects of French and Thai language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of French are spoken in different French Speaking Countries whereas Thai Dialects are spoken in different Thai speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking French vs Thai Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the French dialects include: Quebec French, African French. Thai dialects include: Isan , Northern Thai. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

French and Thai Speaking population

French and Thai speaking population is one of the factors based on which French and Thai languages can be compared. The total count of French and Thai Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 % 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 French and Thai on French vs Thai where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

French and Thai Language Codes

French and Thai language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. French and Thai Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.