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Thai and Tagalog


Tagalog and Thai


Countries

Countries
Thailand  
Philippines  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Thailand  
Philippines  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Filipinos  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Australia  

Minority Language
Burma, Cambodia, Laos  
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom  

Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)  
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 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.
  
  • In 1593, "Doctrina Christiana" was first book written in two versions of Tagalog.
  • The name "Tagalog" means "native to" and "river". "Tagalog"is derived from taga ilog, which means "inhabitants of the river".
  

Similar To
Lao Language  
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages  

Derived From
Khmer Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44  
24
25  
7

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
32  
21
5  
2

How Many Consonants
44  
33
18  
8

Scripts
Thai  
Baybayin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  
Kamusta  

Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)  
Salamat po  

How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)  
Kamusta ka na?  

Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)  
Magandang gabi  

Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  
Magandang gabi po  

Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)  
Magandang hapon po  

Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)  
Magandang umaga po  

Please
โปรด (Pord)  
pakiusap  

Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  
pinagsisisihan  

Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)  
Paálam  

I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)  
Iniibig kita  

Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Isan  
Batangas Tagalog  

Where They Speak
Isan  
Batangas, Gabon  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
29
28,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 2
Northern Thai  
Bisalog  

Where They Speak
Northern Thailand  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
28,000,000.00  
22

Dialect 3
Southern Thai  
Filipino  

Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
39
90,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million  
27
73.00 million  
24

Speaking Population
0.85 %  
24
0.42 %  
34

Native Speakers
20.00 million  
37
28.00 million  
29

Second Language Speakers
40.00 million  
21
45.00 million  
19

Native Name
ภาษาไทย  
Tagalog  

Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang  
Filipino, Pilipino  

French Name
thaï  
tagalog  

German Name
Thailändisch  
Tagalog  

Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]  
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]  

Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese  
Tagalog people  

History

Origin
1283 CE  
1593  

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Tai  
Indonesian  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Thai  
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog  

Standard Forms
Thai  
Filipino  

Language Position
47  
99+
58  
99+

Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language  
Signed Tagalog  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
th  
t1  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tha  
tgl  

ISO 639 2/B
tha  
tgl  

ISO 639 3
tha  
tg1  

ISO 639 6
tha  
tgl  

Glottocode
thai1261  
taga1269  

Linguasphere
47-AAA-b  
31-CKA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

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

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Thai and Tagalog Speaking population

Thai and Tagalog speaking population is one of the factors based on which Thai and Tagalog languages can be compared. The total count of Thai and Tagalog Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Thai language is 0.85 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Tagalog language is 0.42 %. 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 Tagalog on Thai vs Tagalog where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Thai and Tagalog Language Codes

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

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