Countries
Thailand
Benin, Nigeria
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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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
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
Yoruba Academy
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.
- One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
- In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.
Similar To
Lao Language
Owo and Itsekiri languages
Derived From
Khmer Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4429
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
3212
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4417
9
60
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Scripts
Thai
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
Ẹ n lẹ
Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
e dupe
How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
Bawo ni o se wa
Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
Kasun layọ o
Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
ka a ale
Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
e kaasan
Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
e kaaro
Please
โปรด (Pord)
Jowo
Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
binu
Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
bye
I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
mo nifẹ rẹ
Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
mo tọrọ gafara
Dialect 1
Isan
Itsekiri
Where They Speak
Isan
Nigeria
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Thai
Ede
Where They Speak
Northern Thailand
Benin, Togo
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00800,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Southern Thai
Ulukwumi
Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
Nigeria
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.0010,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
920
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
60.00 million30.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.85 %0.42 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
20.00 million28.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
40.00 million30.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ภาษาไทย
Yorùbá
Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
Yariba, Yooba
French Name
thaï
yoruba
German Name
Thailändisch
Yoruba-Sprache
Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
[jòɾùbá]
Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
Yoruba people
Origin
1283 CE
4 BC
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Tai
Western Sudanic
Branch
-
Kwa
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Thai
No early forms
Standard Forms
Thai
Yorùbá
Language Position
4749
1
120
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Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language
Yoruba Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
th
yo
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tha
yor
ISO 639 2/B
tha
yor
ISO 639 3
tha
yor
ISO 639 6
tha
yor
Glottocode
thai1261
yoru1245
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
Analytic, Isolating