Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
Thailand
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 in
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Thai-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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)
Where They Speak
Gabon
Isan
Dialect 2
Dialects
Northern Thai
Where They Speak
Georgia
Northern Thailand
Dialect 3
Dialects
Southern Thai
Where They Speak
France
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
Native Name
Svenska
ภาษาไทย
Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
German Name
Schwedisch
Thailändisch
Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
Origin
13th Century
1283 CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
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Early Forms
Old Swedish
Old Thai
Standard Forms
Standard Swedish
Thai
Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
Thai Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
swed1254
thai1261
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw
47-AAA-b
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Analytic, Isolating
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.