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Thai vs Estonian


Estonian vs Thai


Countries

Countries
Thailand  
Estonia, European Union  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Thailand  
Estonia, Gambia  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Burma, Cambodia, Laos  
Denmark, Russia, Sweden  

Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)  
Institute of the Estonian Language  

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.
  
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  

Similar To
Lao Language  
Finnish  

Derived From
Khmer Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44  
24
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
32  
21
9  
6

How Many Consonants
44  
33
18  
8

Scripts
Thai  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  
Tere  

Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)  
aitäh  

How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)  
kuidas sul läheb  

Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)  
Head ööd  

Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  
Tere õhtust  

Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)  
Tere päevast  

Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)  
Tere hommikust  

Please
โปรด (Pord)  
Palun  

Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  
Vabandust  

Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)  
Head aega  

I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)  
ma armastan sind  

Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  
Vabandage  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Isan  
Keskmurre  

Where They Speak
Isan  
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
29
1,300,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Northern Thai  
Tartu  

Where They Speak
Northern Thailand  
Georgia, South Estonia  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
1,300,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Southern Thai  
Idamurre  

Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi  
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
39
1,300,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
8  
8

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.85 %  
24
0.03 %  
99+

Native Speakers
20.00 million  
37
0.95 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
40.00 million  
21
1.10 million  
99+

Native Name
ภาษาไทย  
eesti keel  

Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang  
Eesti keel  

French Name
thaï  
estonien  

German Name
Thailändisch  
Estnisch  

Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]  
[eˈstˑoˑniˑa]  

Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese  
Estonians  

History

Origin
1283 CE  
13th century  

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family  
Uralic Family  

Subgroup
Tai  
Finno-Ugric  

Branch
-  
Finnic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Thai  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Thai  
Estonian  

Language Position
47  
99+
22  
20

Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language  
Estonian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
th  
et  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tha  
est  

ISO 639 2/B
tha  
est  

ISO 639 3
tha  
est  

ISO 639 6
tha  
est  

Glottocode
thai1261  
esto1258  

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  
Agglutinative  

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Thai and Estonian Language History

Comparison of Thai vs Estonian language history gives us differences between origin of Thai and Estonian language. History of Thai language states that this language originated in 1283 CE whereas history of Estonian language states that this language originated in 13th 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 Estonian Language History.

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

Thai vs Estonian Difficulty

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

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