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Thai vs Basque


Basque vs Thai


Countries

Countries
Thailand   
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Thailand   
France, Spain   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Burma, Cambodia, Laos   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)   
Euskaltzaindia, 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.
  
  • The Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  

Similar To
Lao Language   
Spanish   

Derived From
Khmer Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44   
24
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
32   
21
5   
2

How Many Consonants
44   
33
21   
11

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
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)   
Kaixo   

Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)   
Eskerrik asko   

How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)   
Zer moduz?   

Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)   
Gabon   

Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)   
Arratsalde on   

Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)   
Arratsalde on   

Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)   
Egun on   

Please
โปรด (Pord)   
Mesedez   

Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)   
Barkatu   

Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)   
Agur   

I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)   
Maite zaitut   

Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)   
Barkatu   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Isan   
Navarro-Lapurdian   

Where They Speak
Isan   
France   

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00   
10
68,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Northern Thai   
Souletin   

Where They Speak
Northern Thailand   
France, Soule, Spain   

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00   
13
8,700.00   
99+

Dialect 3
Southern Thai   
Biscayan   

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

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00   
8
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
9   
9
6   
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million   
27
7.20 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.85 %   
23
Not Available   

Native Speakers
20.00 million   
37
7.20 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
40.00 million   
15
Not Available   

Native Name
ภาษาไทย   
Not available   

Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang   
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense   

French Name
thaï   
basque   

German Name
Thailändisch   
Baskisch   

Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese   
Basque people   

History

Origin
1283 CE   
c. 1000   

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family   
Vasconic Family   

Subgroup
Tai   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Thai   
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian   

Standard Forms
Thai   
Basque   

Language Position
47   
34
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
th   
eu   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tha   
eus   

ISO 639 2/B
tha   
baq   

ISO 639 3
tha   
eus   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
thai1261   
basq1248   

Linguasphere
47-AAA-b   
40-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Agglutinative   

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Thai and Basque Language History

Comparison of Thai vs Basque language history gives us differences between origin of Thai and Basque language. History of Thai language states that this language originated in 1283 CE whereas history of Basque language states that this language originated in c. 1000. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Thai and Basque Language History.

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Thai and Basque Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Thai and Basque greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Thai and Basque language. Thai word for "Hello" is สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī) or Basque word for "Thank You" is Eskerrik asko. Find more of such common Thai Greetings and Basque Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Thai vs Basque Difficulty

The Thai vs Basque difficulty level basically depends on the number of Thai Alphabets and Basque Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Thai and Basque are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Thai and Basque, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Thai is 44 weeks while to learn Basque time required is 88 weeks.

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