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Indonesian and Thai


Thai and Indonesian


Countries

Countries
Indonesia  
Thailand  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Indonesia  
Thailand  

Second Language
East Timor, Indonesia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands  
Burma, Cambodia, Laos  

Regulated By
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa  
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)  

Interesting Facts
  • The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  
  • 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
Malay language  
Lao Language  

Derived From
Malay and Dutch Languages  
Khmer Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
32  
21

How Many Consonants
19  
9
44  
33

Scripts
Latin  
Thai  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7  
6
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Halo  
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  

Thank You
Terima kasih  
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)  

How Are You?
Apa kabar?  
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)  

Good Night
Selamat Malam  
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)  

Good Evening
Malam yang baik  
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  

Good Afternoon
Selamat Sore  
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)  

Good Morning
Selamat Pagi  
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)  

Please
mohon Untuk  
โปรด (Pord)  

Sorry
maaf  
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  

Bye
Selamat tinggal  
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)  

I Love You
Aku cinta kamu  
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)  

Excuse Me
Permisi  
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sundanese  
Isan  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Isan  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
19
20,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 2
Balinese  
Northern Thai  

Where They Speak
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida  
Northern Thailand  

How Many People Speak
3,300,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Minangkabau  
Southern Thai  

Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia  
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
46  
30
9  
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million  
11
60.00 million  
27

Speaking Population
1.16 %  
15
0.85 %  
24

Native Speakers
23.00 million  
34
20.00 million  
37

Second Language Speakers
140.00 million  
4
40.00 million  
21

Native Name
Bahasa Melayu  
ภาษาไทย  

Alternative Names
Bahasa Indonesia  
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang  

French Name
indonésien  
thaï  

German Name
Bahasa Indonesia  
Thailändisch  

Pronunciation
[bahaˈsa indoneˈsia]  
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]  

Ethnicity
Indonesians  
Central Thai and Thai Chinese  

History

Origin
7th Century  
1283 CE  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Tai-Kadai Family  

Subgroup
Indonesian  
Tai  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Malay  
Old Thai  

Standard Forms
Indonesian  
Thai  

Language Position
56  
99+
47  
99+

Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")  
Thai Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
id  
th  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ind  
tha  

ISO 639 2/B
ind  
tha  

ISO 639 3
ind  
tha  

ISO 639 6
ind  
tha  

Glottocode
indo1316  
thai1261  

Linguasphere
No data available  
47-AAA-b  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Analytic, Isolating  

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

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Indonesian and Thai Speaking population

Indonesian and Thai speaking population is one of the factors based on which Indonesian and Thai languages can be compared. The total count of Indonesian and Thai Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Indonesian language is 1.16 % 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 Indonesian and Thai on Indonesian vs Thai where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Indonesian and Thai Language Codes

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

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