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Countries

Thailand
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu

Total No. Of Countries

132
0 46
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National Language

Thailand
France

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Africa, Canada

Speaking Continents

Asia
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America

Minority Language

Burma, Cambodia, Laos
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam

Regulated By

Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française

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.
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.

Similar To

Lao Language
Italian Language

Derived From

Khmer Language
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

4426
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

326
0 32
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How Many Consonants

4420
9 60
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Scripts

Thai
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

36
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
bonjour

Thank You

ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
Merci

How Are You?

คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
Comment allez-vous?

Good Night

นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
bonne Nuit

Good Evening

สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
bonsoir

Good Afternoon

สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
bon Après-Midi

Good Morning

อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
Bonjour

Please

โปรด (Pord)
S'il vous plaît

Sorry

ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
désolé

Bye

ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
au revoir

I Love You

ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
Je t'aime

Excuse Me

ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
Excuse Moi

Dialects

Dialect 1

Isan
Quebec French

Where They Speak

Isan
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada

How Many People Speak

20,000,000.006,200,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Northern Thai
African French

Where They Speak

Northern Thailand
Africa

How Many People Speak

6,000,000.00274,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Southern Thai
Swiss French

Where They Speak

Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
Northeast France, Switzerland

How Many People Speak

4,500,000.001,800,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

925
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

60.00 million163.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.85 %1.12 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

20.00 million76.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

40.00 million87.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

ภาษาไทย
français

Alternative Names

Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
Français

French Name

thaï
français

German Name

Thailändisch
Französisch

Pronunciation

[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]

Ethnicity

Central Thai and Thai Chinese
French people

History

Origin

1283 CE
9th Century

Language Family

Tai-Kadai Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Tai
Romance

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Thai
Old French, Middle French and French

Standard Forms

Thai
Standard French

Language Position

4713
1 120
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Signed Forms

Thai Sign Language
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

th
fr

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

tha
fra

ISO 639 2/B

tha
fre

ISO 639 3

tha
fra

ISO 639 6

tha
fras

Glottocode

thai1261
stan1290

Linguasphere

47-AAA-b
51-AAA-i

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Analytic, Isolating
Fusional, Synthetic

Thai and French Alphabets

Thai and French Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Thai and French. In Thai Alphabets there are 44 letters while in French Alphabets there are 26 letters. To learn Thai and French languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Thai and French languages. The Thai phonology consist Thai vowels and Thai consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Thai greetings vs French greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Thai and French are Most Spoken Languages.

All Thai and French 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 French dialects. Various dialects of Thai and French language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Thai are spoken in different Thai Speaking Countries whereas French Dialects are spoken in different French speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Thai vs French Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Thai dialects include: Isan, Northern Thai. French dialects include: Quebec French , African French. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Thai and French Speaking population

Thai and French speaking population is one of the factors based on which Thai and French languages can be compared. The total count of Thai and French Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Thai language is 0.85 % whereas the percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 %. 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 French on Thai vs French where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Thai and French Language Codes

Thai and French language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Thai and French Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.