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Portuguese vs Thai


Thai vs Portuguese


Countries

Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe   
Thailand   

Total No. Of Countries
10   
6
1   
14

National Language
Portugal   
Thailand   

Second Language
United States of America   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America   
Asia   

Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America   
Burma, Cambodia, Laos   

Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras   
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)   

Interesting Facts
  • Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
  • The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
  
  • 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
Spanish and Galician Languages   
Lao Language   

Derived From
Latin   
Khmer Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23   
5
44   
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
32   
21

How Many Consonants
19   
9
44   
33

Scripts
Latin   
Thai   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Olá   
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)   

Thank You
obrigado   
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)   

How Are You?
Como você está?   
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)   

Good Night
boa noite   
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)   

Good Evening
boa Noite   
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)   

Good Afternoon
boa Tarde   
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)   

Good Morning
bom Dia   
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)   

Please
Por Favor   
โปรด (Pord)   

Sorry
pesaroso   
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)   

Bye
tchau   
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)   

I Love You
Eu te amo   
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)   

Excuse Me
desculpe me   
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese   
Isan   

Where They Speak
Brazil   
Isan   

How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00   
4
20,000,000.00   
10

Dialect 2
European Portuguese   
Northern Thai   

Where They Speak
Portugal   
Northern Thailand   

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00   
9
6,000,000.00   
13

Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole   
Southern Thai   

Where They Speak
Daman and Diu   
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi   

How Many People Speak
4,000.00   
36
4,500,000.00   
8

Total No. Of Dialects
26   
22
9   
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
231.00 million   
7
60.00 million   
27

Speaking Population
3.27 %   
7
0.85 %   
23

Native Speakers
216.00 million   
5
20.00 million   
37

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million   
18
40.00 million   
15

Native Name
Português   
ภาษาไทย   

Alternative Names
Português   
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang   

French Name
portugais   
thaï   

German Name
Portugiesisch   
Thailändisch   

Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]   
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]   

Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses   
Central Thai and Thai Chinese   

History

Origin
3rd Century   
1283 CE   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Tai-Kadai Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Tai   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician   
Old Thai   

Standard Forms
Portuguese   
Thai   

Language Position
6   
6
47   
34

Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese   
Thai Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
pt   
th   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
por   
tha   

ISO 639 2/B
por   
tha   

ISO 639 3
por   
tha   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
port1283   
thai1261   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-a   
47-AAA-b   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Analytic, Isolating   

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Portuguese and Thai Language History

Comparison of Portuguese vs Thai language history gives us differences between origin of Portuguese and Thai language. History of Portuguese language states that this language originated in 3rd Century 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 Portuguese and Thai Language History.

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Portuguese 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 Portuguese and Thai greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Portuguese and Thai language. Portuguese word for "Hello" is Olá or Thai word for "Thank You" is ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ). Find more of such common Portuguese Greetings and Thai Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Portuguese vs Thai Difficulty

The Portuguese vs Thai difficulty level basically depends on the number of Portuguese 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 Portuguese and Thai are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Portuguese and Thai, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Portuguese is 24 weeks while to learn Thai time required is 44 weeks.

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