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Thai vs Cebuano


Cebuano vs Thai


Countries

Countries
Thailand  
Philippines  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Thailand  
Philippines  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Philippines  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

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

Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)  
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters  

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.
  
  • About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
  • Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
  

Similar To
Lao Language  
Hiligaynon Language  

Derived From
Khmer Language  
Island of Cebu  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44  
24
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
32  
21
5  
2

How Many Consonants
44  
33
16  
6

Scripts
Thai  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
3 weeks  
1

Greetings

Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  
Hoy  

Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)  
Salamat  

How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)  
Kumusta man ka?  

Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)  
Maayong Gabii  

Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  
Maayong Gabii  

Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)  
Maayong Hapon  

Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)  
Maayong Buntag  

Please
โปรด (Pord)  
Palihug  

Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  
Ikasubo ko  

Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)  
Babay  

I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)  
Gihigugma ko ikaw  

Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  
Ekskyus mi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Isan  
Boholano  

Where They Speak
Isan  
Bohol  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
29
21,000,000.00  
28

Dialect 2
Northern Thai  
Southern Kana  

Where They Speak
Northern Thailand  
southern Leyte  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
21,000,000.00  
25

Dialect 3
Southern Thai  
North Kana  

Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi  
northern part of Leyte  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
39
20,000,000.00  
24

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.85 %  
24
0.32 %  
40

Native Speakers
20.00 million  
37
21.00 million  
36

Second Language Speakers
40.00 million  
21
14.50 million  
35

Native Name
ภาษาไทย  
Visayan  

Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang  
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan  

French Name
thaï  
cebuano  

German Name
Thailändisch  
Cebuano  

Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]  
[sɛbuˈɑno]  

Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese  
Cebuano people  

History

Origin
1283 CE  
16th century  

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Tai  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Thai  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Thai  
Standard Cebuano  

Language Position
47  
99+
62  
99+

Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language  
Cebuano Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
th  
No data Available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tha  
ceb  

ISO 639 2/B
tha  
ceb  

ISO 639 3
tha  
ceb  

ISO 639 6
tha  
ceb  

Glottocode
thai1261  
cebu1242  

Linguasphere
47-AAA-b  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
-  

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Thai and Cebuano Language History

Comparison of Thai vs Cebuano language history gives us differences between origin of Thai and Cebuano language. History of Thai language states that this language originated in 1283 CE whereas history of Cebuano language states that this language originated in 16th century. 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 Cebuano Language History.

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Thai and Cebuano 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 Cebuano greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Thai and Cebuano language. Thai word for "Hello" is สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī) or Cebuano word for "Thank You" is Salamat. Find more of such common Thai Greetings and Cebuano Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Thai vs Cebuano Difficulty

The Thai vs Cebuano difficulty level basically depends on the number of Thai Alphabets and Cebuano 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 Cebuano are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Thai and Cebuano, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Thai is 44 weeks while to learn Cebuano time required is 3 weeks.

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