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Thai and Indonesian


Indonesian and Thai


Countries

Countries
Thailand  
Indonesia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Thailand  
Indonesia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
East Timor, Indonesia  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Burma, Cambodia, Laos  
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands  

Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)  
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa  

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.
  
  • The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  

Similar To
Lao Language  
Malay language  

Derived From
Khmer Language  
Malay and Dutch Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44  
24
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
32  
21
6  
3

How Many Consonants
44  
33
19  
9

Scripts
Thai  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
7  
6

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  
Halo  

Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)  
Terima kasih  

How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)  
Apa kabar?  

Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)  
Selamat Malam  

Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  
Malam yang baik  

Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)  
Selamat Sore  

Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)  
Selamat Pagi  

Please
โปรด (Pord)  
mohon Untuk  

Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  
maaf  

Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)  
Selamat tinggal  

I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)  
Aku cinta kamu  

Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  
Permisi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Isan  
Sundanese  

Where They Speak
Isan  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
29
38,000,000.00  
19

Dialect 2
Northern Thai  
Balinese  

Where They Speak
Northern Thailand  
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
3,300,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Southern Thai  
Minangkabau  

Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi  
Indonesia, Malaysia  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
39
6,000,000.00  
34

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
46  
30

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million  
27
163.00 million  
11

Speaking Population
0.85 %  
24
1.16 %  
15

Native Speakers
20.00 million  
37
23.00 million  
34

Second Language Speakers
40.00 million  
21
140.00 million  
4

Native Name
ภาษาไทย  
Bahasa Melayu  

Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang  
Bahasa Indonesia  

French Name
thaï  
indonésien  

German Name
Thailändisch  
Bahasa Indonesia  

Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]  
[bahaˈsa indoneˈsia]  

Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese  
Indonesians  

History

Origin
1283 CE  
7th Century  

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Tai  
Indonesian  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Thai  
Old Malay  

Standard Forms
Thai  
Indonesian  

Language Position
47  
99+
56  
99+

Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language  
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
th  
id  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tha  
ind  

ISO 639 2/B
tha  
ind  

ISO 639 3
tha  
ind  

ISO 639 6
tha  
ind  

Glottocode
thai1261  
indo1316  

Linguasphere
47-AAA-b  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Agglutinative  

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

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Thai and Indonesian Speaking population

Thai and Indonesian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Thai and Indonesian languages can be compared. The total count of Thai and Indonesian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Thai language is 0.85 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Indonesian language is 1.16 %. 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 Indonesian on Thai vs Indonesian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Thai and Indonesian Language Codes

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

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