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Swedish vs Thai


Thai vs Swedish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden   
Thailand   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
1   
14

National Language
Sweden   
Thailand   

Second Language
Finland   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Antartica, Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America   
Burma, Cambodia, Laos   

Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council   
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)   

Interesting Facts
  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
  • 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
Norwegian and Danish Language   
Lao Language   

Derived From
Old Norse Language   
Khmer Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200   
Thai-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
29   
11
44   
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
32   
21

How Many Consonants
18   
8
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
hej   
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)   

Thank You
tacka dig   
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)   

How Are You?
hur mår du   
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)   

Good Night
godnatt   
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)   

Good Evening
god kväll   
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)   

Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag   
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)   

Good Morning
god morgon   
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)   

Please
vänligen   
โปรด (Pord)   

Sorry
ledsen   
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)   

Bye
hej då   
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)   

I Love You
jag älskar dig   
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)   

Excuse Me
ursäkta mig   
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dialects   
Isan   

Where They Speak
Gabon   
Isan   

How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00   
6
20,000,000.00   
10

Dialect 2
Dialects   
Northern Thai   

Where They Speak
Georgia   
Northern Thailand   

How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00   
2
6,000,000.00   
13

Dialect 3
Dialects   
Southern Thai   

Where They Speak
France   
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi   

How Many People Speak
96,000,000.00   
1
4,500,000.00   
8

Total No. Of Dialects
79   
33
9   
9

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
0.85 %   
23

Native Speakers
8.70 million   
99+
20.00 million   
37

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million   
29
40.00 million   
15

Native Name
Svenska   
ภาษาไทย   

Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska   
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang   

French Name
suédois   
thaï   

German Name
Schwedisch   
Thailändisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]   
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]   

Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes   
Central Thai and Thai Chinese   

History

Origin
13th Century   
1283 CE   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Tai-Kadai Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Tai   

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Swedish   
Old Thai   

Standard Forms
Standard Swedish   
Thai   

Language Position
89   
99+
47   
34

Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")   
Thai Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sv   
th   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
swe   
tha   

ISO 639 2/B
swe   
tha   

ISO 639 3
swe   
tha   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
swed1254   
thai1261   

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw   
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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Swedish and Thai Language History

Comparison of Swedish vs Thai language history gives us differences between origin of Swedish and Thai language. History of Swedish language states that this language originated in 13th 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 Swedish and Thai Language History.

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

Swedish vs Thai Difficulty

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

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