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Thai and Yoruba


Yoruba and Thai


Countries

Countries
Thailand   
Benin, Nigeria   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

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   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Thai-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200   

Alphabets
44   
24
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
32   
21
12   
9

How Many Consonants
44   
33
17   
7

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
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

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   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Isan   
Itsekiri   

Where They Speak
Isan   
Nigeria   

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00   
10
500,000.00   
34

Dialect 2
Northern Thai   
Ede   

Where They Speak
Northern Thailand   
Benin, Togo   

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00   
13
800,000.00   
27

Dialect 3
Southern Thai   
Ulukwumi   

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

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00   
8
10,000.00   
34

Total No. Of Dialects
9   
9
20   
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million   
27
30.00 million   
36

Speaking Population
0.85 %   
23
0.42 %   
32

Native Speakers
20.00 million   
37
28.00 million   
29

Second Language Speakers
40.00 million   
15
Not Available   

Native Name
ภาษาไทย   
Yorùbá   

Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang   
Yariba, Yooba   

French Name
thaï   
yoruba   

German Name
Thailändisch   
Yoruba-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese   
Yoruba people   

History

Origin
1283 CE   
4 BC   

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Tai   
Western Sudanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Kwa   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Thai   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Thai   
Yorùbá   

Language Position
47   
34
49   
36

Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language   
Yoruba Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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
Not Available   
Not Available   

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   

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

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Thai and Yoruba Speaking population

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

Thai and Yoruba Language Codes

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

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