Thai and Cantonese
Countries
Thailand
Hong Kong, Macau
National Language
Thailand
China, Guangdong
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
Hawaii
Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
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.
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
Similar To
Lao Language
Chinese Language
Derived From
Khmer Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
Thai-Alphabets.jpg#200
Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Thai
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
您好
Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
谢谢
How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
你好吗？
Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
晚安
Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
晚上好
Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
下午好
Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
早上好
Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
遗憾
I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
我爱你
Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
原谅我
Where They Speak
Isan
outside mainland China
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Northern Thai
Xiguan
Where They Speak
Northern Thailand
Hong Kong
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Southern Thai
Hong Kong
Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
Hong Kong
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
ภาษาไทย
Kwang Tung Wa
Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
French Name
thaï
Not Available
German Name
Thailändisch
Not Available
Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
Not Available
Origin
1283 CE
17th century
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Tai
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Thai
No early forms
Standard Forms
Thai
Standard Cantonese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Not Available
ISO 639 1
th
No data available
ISO 639 2/T
tha
Not Available
ISO 639 2/B
tha
Not Available
ISO 639 3
tha
No data available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
thai1261
cant1236
Linguasphere
47-AAA-b
No data available
Language Type
Living
Not Available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Not Available
All Thai and Cantonese Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Thai and Cantonese dialects. Various dialects of Thai and Cantonese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Thai are spoken in different Thai Speaking Countries whereas Cantonese Dialects are spoken in different Cantonese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Thai vs Cantonese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Thai dialects include: Isan, Northern Thai. Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou , Xiguan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Thai and Cantonese Speaking population
Thai and Cantonese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Thai and Cantonese languages can be compared. The total count of Thai and Cantonese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Thai language is 0.85 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Thai and Cantonese on Thai vs Cantonese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Thai and Cantonese Language Codes
Thai and Cantonese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Thai and Cantonese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.