Countries
Thailand
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
National Language
Thailand
Germany
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
North Dakota, United States of America
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
Council for German Orthography
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 large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
Similar To
Lao Language
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
Derived From
Khmer Language
Albanian Languages
Alphabets in
Thai-Alphabets.jpg#200
German-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
hallo
Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
Danke
How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
Wie geht es dir?
Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
gute Nacht
Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
guten Abend
Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
guten Tag
Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
guten Morgen
Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
Verzeihung
Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
Tschüs
I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
Ich liebe dich
Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
Entschuldigung
Dialect 1
Isan
Swiss German
Where They Speak
Isan
Switzerland
Dialect 2
Northern Thai
Swabian German
Where They Speak
Northern Thailand
Germany
Dialect 3
Southern Thai
Texas German
Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
Texas
Native Name
ภาษาไทย
Deutsch
Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
Deutsch, Tedesco
French Name
thaï
allemand
German Name
Thailändisch
Deutsch
Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
Germans
Origin
1283 CE
6th Century AD
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Indo-European Family
Branch
Not Available
Western
Early Forms
Old Thai
No early forms
Standard Forms
Thai
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language
Signed German
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
deus
Glottocode
thai1261
high1287, uppe1397
Linguasphere
47-AAA-b
52-ACB–dl & -dm
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Fusional, Synthetic
Thai and German 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 German greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Thai and German language. Thai word for "Hello" is สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī) or German word for "Thank You" is Danke. Find more of such common Thai Greetings and German Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Thai vs German Difficulty
The Thai vs German difficulty level basically depends on the number of Thai Alphabets and German 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 German are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Thai and German, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Thai is 44 weeks while to learn German time required is 30 weeks.