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Thai and Norwegian


Countries

Countries
Norway  
Thailand  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Norway  
Thailand  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe, South America  
Asia  

Minority Language
Nynorsk  
Burma, Cambodia, Laos  

Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council  
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)  

Interesting Facts
  • Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
  • Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
  
  • 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
Swedish and Danish Languages  
Lao Language  

Derived From
-  
Khmer Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
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
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  

Thank You
takk  
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)  

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

Good Night
god natt  
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)  

Good Evening
god kveld  
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  

Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag  
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)  

Good Morning
god morgen  
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)  

Please
Vær så snill  
โปรด (Pord)  

Sorry
unnskyld  
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  

Bye
ha det  
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)  

I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg  
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)  

Excuse Me
unnskyld meg  
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jamtlandic  
Isan  

Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen  
Isan  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
20,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 2
Sognamål  
Northern Thai  

Where They Speak
Sogn  
Northern Thailand  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris  
Southern Thai  

Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres  
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
38
4,500,000.00  
39

Total No. Of Dialects
19  
17
9  
9

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.85 %  
24

Native Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
20.00 million  
37

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
40.00 million  
21

Native Name
Norsk  
ภาษาไทย  

Alternative Names
Norsk  
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang  

French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien  
thaï  

German Name
Nynorsk  
Thailändisch  

Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)  
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]  

Ethnicity
Norwegians  
Central Thai and Thai Chinese  

History

Origin
c. 1300 AD  
1283 CE  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Tai-Kadai Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Tai  

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian  
Old Thai  

Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål  
Thai  

Language Position
18  
16
47  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian  
Thai Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
no  
th  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nor  
tha  

ISO 639 2/B
nor  
tha  

ISO 639 3
nor  
tha  

ISO 639 6
nor  
tha  

Glottocode
norw1258  
thai1261  

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg  
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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All Norwegian 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 Norwegian and Thai dialects. Various dialects of Norwegian and Thai language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Norwegian are spoken in different Norwegian Speaking Countries whereas Thai Dialects are spoken in different Thai speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Norwegian vs Thai Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Norwegian dialects include: Jamtlandic, Sognamål. Thai dialects include: Isan , Northern Thai. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Norwegian and Thai Speaking population

Norwegian and Thai speaking population is one of the factors based on which Norwegian and Thai languages can be compared. The total count of Norwegian and Thai Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Norwegian language is 0.07 % 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 Norwegian and Thai on Norwegian vs Thai where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Norwegian and Thai Language Codes

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

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