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Thai vs Esperanto


Esperanto vs Thai


Countries

Countries
Thailand  
East Asia, European Union, South America  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

National Language
Thailand  
East Asia, European Union  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Central Europe, East Asia, Eastern Europe, South America  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Europe, South America  

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

Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)  
Akademio de Esperanto  

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 most widely spoken constructed language in the world is Esperanto.
  • Esperanto is an artificial international language.
  

Similar To
Lao Language  
Latin and Italian Languages  

Derived From
Khmer Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44  
24
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
32  
21
5  
2

How Many Consonants
44  
33
27  
17

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
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  
Halo  

Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)  
Dankon  

How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)  
Kiel vi sanas?  

Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)  
Bonan nokton  

Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  
Bonan vesperon  

Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)  
Bonan posttagmezon  

Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)  
Bonan matenon  

Please
โปรด (Pord)  
Mi petas  

Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  
Mi bedaŭras!  

Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)  
Ĝis poste  

I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)  
Mi amas vin  

Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  
Pardonu!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Isan  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Isan  
Not present  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
29
2,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Northern Thai  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Northern Thailand  
Not present  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
1,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Southern Thai  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi  
Not present  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
39
2,000,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
0  

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.85 %  
24
0.03 %  
99+

Native Speakers
20.00 million  
37
0.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
40.00 million  
21
2.00 million  
99+

Native Name
ภาษาไทย  
Esperanto  

Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang  
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia  

French Name
thaï  
espéranto  

German Name
Thailändisch  
Esperanto  

Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]  
[espeˈranto]  

Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese  
Esperanto speakers  

History

Origin
1283 CE  
1887  

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Tai  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Thai  
Proto-Esperanto  

Standard Forms
Thai  
Esperanto  

Language Position
47  
99+
33  
31

Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language  
Signuno  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
th  
eo  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tha  
epo  

ISO 639 2/B
tha  
epo  

ISO 639 3
tha  
epo  

ISO 639 6
tha  
epo  

Glottocode
thai1261  
espe1235  

Linguasphere
47-AAA-b  
51-AAB-da  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Constructed  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Agglutinative  

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Thai and Esperanto Language History

Comparison of Thai vs Esperanto language history gives us differences between origin of Thai and Esperanto language. History of Thai language states that this language originated in 1283 CE whereas history of Esperanto language states that this language originated in 1887. 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 Esperanto Language History.

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

Thai vs Esperanto Difficulty

The Thai vs Esperanto difficulty level basically depends on the number of Thai Alphabets and Esperanto 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 Esperanto are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Thai and Esperanto, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Thai is 44 weeks while to learn Esperanto time required is 6 weeks.

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