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Thai and Vietnamese


Vietnamese and Thai


Countries

Countries
Thailand  
Vietnam  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Thailand  
Vietnam  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Burma, Cambodia, Laos  
Czech Republic  

Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)  
-  

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 vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
  • The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.
  

Similar To
Lao Language  
Chinese Language  

Derived From
Khmer Language  
Chinese Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Vietnamese-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
44  
24
37  
19

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
32  
21
12  
9

How Many Consonants
44  
33
21  
11

Scripts
Thai  
Latin  

Writing Direction
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)  
Xin chào  

Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)  
Cam on  

How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)  
Bạn khỏe không?  

Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)  
Chúc ngủ ngon  

Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  
Chào buổi tối  

Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)  
Chào buổi trưa  

Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)  
Chào buổi sáng  

Please
โปรด (Pord)  
xin vui lòng  

Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  
Xin lỗi  

Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)  
Tạm biệt  

I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)  
tôi yêu bạn  

Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  
Xin loi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Isan  
Northern Vietnamese  

Where They Speak
Isan  
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
29
76,000,000.00  
11

Dialect 2
Northern Thai  
North-central Vietnamese  

Where They Speak
Northern Thailand  
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
76,000,000.00  
9

Dialect 3
Southern Thai  
Mid-Central Vietnamese  

Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi  
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
39
76,000,000.00  
8

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million  
27
91.00 million  
16

Speaking Population
0.85 %  
24
1.14 %  
17

Native Speakers
20.00 million  
37
75.00 million  
14

Second Language Speakers
40.00 million  
21
16.00 million  
33

Native Name
ภาษาไทย  
tiếng việt (㗂越)  

Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang  
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet  

French Name
thaï  
vietnamien  

German Name
Thailändisch  
Vietnamesisch  

Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]  
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern) [tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)  

Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese  
Vietnamese (Kinh) people  

History

Origin
1283 CE  
c. 1440  

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Tai  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Thai  
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese  

Standard Forms
Thai  
Standard Vietnamese  

Language Position
47  
99+
14  
13

Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language  
Vietnamese sign languages  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
th  
vi  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tha  
vie  

ISO 639 2/B
tha  
vie  

ISO 639 3
tha  
vie  

ISO 639 6
tha  
vie  

Glottocode
thai1261  
viet1252  

Linguasphere
47-AAA-b  
46-EBA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Analytic, Isolating  

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

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Thai and Vietnamese Speaking population

Thai and Vietnamese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Thai and Vietnamese languages can be compared. The total count of Thai and Vietnamese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Thai language is 0.85 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Vietnamese language is 1.14 %. 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 Vietnamese on Thai vs Vietnamese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Thai and Vietnamese Language Codes

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

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