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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  
-  

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  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
30 weeks  
10

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  
29
500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Northern Thai  
Ede  

Where They Speak
Northern Thailand  
Benin, Togo  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
800,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Southern Thai  
Ulukwumi  

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

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
39
10,000.00  
99+

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 %  
24
0.42 %  
34

Native Speakers
20.00 million  
37
28.00 million  
29

Second Language Speakers
40.00 million  
21
30.00 million  
26

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  

History

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
47  
99+
49  
99+

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
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  

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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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