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Thai and Igbo


Igbo and Thai


Countries

Countries
Thailand   
Nigeria   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Thailand   
Nigeria   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa   

Minority Language
Burma, Cambodia, Laos   
Equatorial Guinea   

Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)   
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture   

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.
  
  • In Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
  • Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.
  

Similar To
Lao Language   
Not Available   

Derived From
Khmer Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Thai-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Igbo-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
44   
24
36   
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
32   
21
8   
5

How Many Consonants
44   
33
28   
18

Scripts
Thai   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
52 weeks   
12

Greetings

Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)   
kedụ   

Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)   
dalụ   

How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)   
kedụ ka ịmere   

Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)   
ka chi fo   

Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)   
mgbede ọma   

Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)   
ehihie ọma   

Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)   
ụtụtụ ọma   

Please
โปรด (Pord)   
Biko   

Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)   
Ndo   

Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)   
Not Available   

I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)   
a hụrụ m gị n'anya   

Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)   
ngọpụ   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Isan   
Enuani   

Where They Speak
Isan   
Nigeria   

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00   
10
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Northern Thai   
Ngwa   

Where They Speak
Northern Thailand   
Nigeria   

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00   
13
1,500,000.00   
22

Dialect 3
Southern Thai   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00   
8
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
9   
9
20   
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million   
27
25.00 million   
40

Speaking Population
0.85 %   
23
Not Available   

Native Speakers
20.00 million   
37
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
40.00 million   
15
Not Available   

Native Name
ภาษาไทย   
igbo   

Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang   
Ibo   

French Name
thaï   
igbo   

German Name
Thailändisch   
Ibo-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]   
[iɡ͡boː]   

Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese   
Igbo people   

History

Origin
1283 CE   
30th Century BC   

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Tai   
Kwa   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Thai   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Thai   
Standard Igbo   

Language Position
47   
34
57   
99+

Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
th   
ig   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tha   
ibo   

ISO 639 2/B
tha   
ibo   

ISO 639 3
tha   
ibo   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
thai1261   
nucl1417   

Linguasphere
47-AAA-b   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Agglutinative   

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

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Thai and Igbo Speaking population

Thai and Igbo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Thai and Igbo languages can be compared. The total count of Thai and Igbo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Thai language is 0.85 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Igbo language is Not Available. 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 Igbo on Thai vs Igbo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Thai and Igbo Language Codes

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

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