Countries
Thailand
South Africa
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Thailand
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Namibia, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
Similar To
Lao Language
Dutch Language
Derived From
Khmer Language
Dutch Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4432
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
3215
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4417
9
60
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Scripts
Thai
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
hallo
Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
Dankie
How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
Hoe gaan dit
Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
goeie nag
Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
Goeienaand
Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
Goeie middag
Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
goeie more
Please
โปรด (Pord)
asseblief
Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
jammer
Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
Totsiens
I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
Ek het jou lief
Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
Verskoon my
Dialect 1
Isan
Kaapse Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Isan
-
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.007,700,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Thai
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Where They Speak
Northern Thailand
-
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.007,700,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Southern Thai
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
Namibia
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.007.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
93
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million19.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.85 %0.03 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
20.00 million7.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
40.00 million10.30 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ภาษาไทย
Afrikaans
Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
Cape Dutch
French Name
thaï
afrikaans
German Name
Thailändisch
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
Afrikaners
Origin
1283 CE
17th Century
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tai
Germanic
Branch
-
Western
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Thai
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Standard Forms
Thai
Standard Afrikaans
Language Position
4723
1
120
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Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
th
af
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tha
afr
ISO 639 2/B
tha
afr
ISO 639 3
tha
afr
ISO 639 6
tha
afrs
Glottocode
thai1261
afri1274
Linguasphere
47-AAA-b
52-ACB-ba
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Analytic