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Spanish vs Thai


Thai vs Spanish


Countries

Countries
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara   
Thailand   

Total No. Of Countries
46   
1
1   
14

National Language
Spain   
Thailand   

Second Language
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

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

Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom   
Burma, Cambodia, Laos   

Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española   
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  
  • 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
French Language   
Lao Language   

Derived From
Latin   
Khmer Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27   
9
44   
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
32   
21

How Many Consonants
22   
12
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
hola   
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)   

Thank You
Gracias   
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)   

How Are You?
Cómo estás?   
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)   

Good Night
Buenas Noches   
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)   

Good Evening
Bonne soirée   
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)   

Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes   
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)   

Good Morning
Buenos Días   
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)   

Please
Por Favor   
โปรด (Pord)   

Sorry
triste   
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)   

Bye
adiós   
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)   

I Love You
Te Quiero   
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)   

Excuse Me
Discúlpeme   
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish   
Isan   

Where They Speak
Mexico   
Isan   

How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00   
5
20,000,000.00   
10

Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish   
Northern Thai   

Where They Speak
Cuba   
Northern Thailand   

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00   
8
6,000,000.00   
13

Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish   
Southern Thai   

Where They Speak
Puerto Rico   
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi   

How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00   
9
4,500,000.00   
8

Total No. Of Dialects
21   
19
9   
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
489.00 million   
3
60.00 million   
27

Speaking Population
6.15 %   
3
0.85 %   
23

Native Speakers
410.00 million   
2
20.00 million   
37

Second Language Speakers
89.50 million   
9
40.00 million   
15

Native Name
Español   
ภาษาไทย   

Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español   
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang   

French Name
espagnol; castillan   
thaï   

German Name
Spanisch   
Thailändisch   

Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]   
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Central Thai and Thai Chinese   

History

Origin
210 BC   
1283 CE   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Tai-Kadai Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Tai   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish   
Old Thai   

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish   
Thai   

Language Position
2   
2
47   
34

Signed Forms
Signed Spanish   
Thai Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
es   
th   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
spa   
tha   

ISO 639 2/B
spa   
tha   

ISO 639 3
spa   
tha   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1288   
thai1261   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-b   
47-AAA-b   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Analytic, Isolating   

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Spanish and Thai Language History

Comparison of Spanish vs Thai language history gives us differences between origin of Spanish and Thai language. History of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 BC 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 Spanish and Thai Language History.

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

Spanish vs Thai Difficulty

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

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