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Thai vs Javanese


Javanese vs Thai


Countries

Countries
Thailand  
Indonesia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Thailand  
Indonesia  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Burma, Cambodia, Laos  
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname  

Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)  
-  

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 Javanese group is the largest ethnic group in Indonesian.
  • The earliest writing in Javanese dates from the 4th Century AD, at that time Javanese was written with the Pallava alphabet.
  

Similar To
Lao Language  
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages  

Derived From
Khmer Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44  
24
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
32  
21
6  
3

How Many Consonants
44  
33
21  
11

Scripts
Thai  
Arabic, Javanese, Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  
Halo  

Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)  
matur nuwun  

How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)  
piye kabare?  

Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)  
wengi sing apik  

Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  
Sugeng sọnten  

Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)  
Sugeng siang  

Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)  
Sugeng énjing  

Please
โปรด (Pord)  
matur nuwun  

Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  
Nyuwun pangapunten  

Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)  
Kepanggih malih benjang  

I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)  
Kula tresna panjengan  

Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  
Nuwun séwu  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Isan  
Pekalongan  

Where They Speak
Isan  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
29
82,000,000.00  
8

Dialect 2
Northern Thai  
Cirebon  

Where They Speak
Northern Thailand  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
82,000,000.00  
5

Dialect 3
Southern Thai  
Arekan  

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

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
39
82,000,000.00  
6

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
16  
15

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million  
27
82.00 million  
19

Speaking Population
0.85 %  
24
1.25 %  
14

Native Speakers
20.00 million  
37
76.00 million  
13

Second Language Speakers
40.00 million  
21
82.00 million  
12

Native Name
ภาษาไทย  
basa Jawa  

Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang  
Djawa, Jawa  

French Name
thaï  
javanais  

German Name
Thailändisch  
Javanisch  

Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]  
[dʒɑˈʋɑnɛs]  

Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese  
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)  

History

Origin
1283 CE  
450 AD  

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Tai  
Indonesian  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Thai  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Thai  
Javanese  

Language Position
47  
99+
11  
10

Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language  
Javanese Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
th  
jv  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tha  
jav  

ISO 639 2/B
tha  
jav  

ISO 639 3
tha  
jav  

ISO 639 6
tha  
jav  

Glottocode
thai1261  
java1253  

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 Javanese Language History

Comparison of Thai vs Javanese language history gives us differences between origin of Thai and Javanese language. History of Thai language states that this language originated in 1283 CE whereas history of Javanese language states that this language originated in 450 AD. 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 Javanese Language History.

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

Thai vs Javanese Difficulty

The Thai vs Javanese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Thai Alphabets and Javanese 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 Javanese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Thai and Javanese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Thai is 44 weeks while to learn Javanese time required is 36 weeks.

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