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Thai vs Norwegian


Norwegian vs Thai


Countries

Countries
Thailand  
Norway  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Thailand  
Norway  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe, South America  

Minority Language
Burma, Cambodia, Laos  
Nynorsk  

Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)  
Norwegian Language Council  

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.
  
  • Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
  • Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
  

Similar To
Lao Language  
Swedish and Danish Languages  

Derived From
Khmer Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44  
24
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
32  
21
9  
6

How Many Consonants
44  
33
20  
10

Scripts
Thai  
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
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  
hallo  

Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)  
takk  

How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)  
hvordan har du det?  

Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)  
god natt  

Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  
god kveld  

Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)  
god ettermiddag  

Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)  
god morgen  

Please
โปรด (Pord)  
Vær så snill  

Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  
unnskyld  

Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)  
ha det  

I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)  
Jeg Elsker Deg  

Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  
unnskyld meg  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Isan  
Jamtlandic  

Where They Speak
Isan  
Jamtland,Harjedalen  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
29
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Northern Thai  
Sognamål  

Where They Speak
Northern Thailand  
Sogn  

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

Dialect 3
Southern Thai  
Hallingmål-Valdris  

Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi  
Hallingdal, Valdres  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
39
5,000,000.00  
38

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
19  
17

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.85 %  
24
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
20.00 million  
37
5.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
40.00 million  
21
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
ภาษาไทย  
Norsk  

Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang  
Norsk  

French Name
thaï  
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien  

German Name
Thailändisch  
Nynorsk  

Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]  
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)  

Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese  
Norwegians  

History

Origin
1283 CE  
c. 1300 AD  

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Tai  
Germanic  

Branch
-  
Northern (Scandinavian)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Thai  
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian  

Standard Forms
Thai  
Nynorsk, Bokmål  

Language Position
47  
99+
18  
16

Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language  
Signed Norwegian  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
th  
no  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tha  
nor  

ISO 639 2/B
tha  
nor  

ISO 639 3
tha  
nor  

ISO 639 6
tha  
nor  

Glottocode
thai1261  
norw1258  

Linguasphere
47-AAA-b  
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Fusional  

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Thai and Norwegian Language History

Comparison of Thai vs Norwegian language history gives us differences between origin of Thai and Norwegian language. History of Thai language states that this language originated in 1283 CE whereas history of Norwegian language states that this language originated in c. 1300 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 Norwegian Language History.

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

Thai vs Norwegian Difficulty

The Thai vs Norwegian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Thai Alphabets and Norwegian 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 Norwegian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Thai and Norwegian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Thai is 44 weeks while to learn Norwegian time required is 24 weeks.

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