Countries
Thailand
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
Total No. Of Countries
14
0
46
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National Language
Thailand
Sweden
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Finland
Speaking Continents
Asia
Antartica, Europe
Minority Language
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish 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.
- In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
Similar To
Lao Language
Norwegian and Danish Language
Derived From
Khmer Language
Old Norse Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4429
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
329
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4418
9
60
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Scripts
Thai
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
hej
Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
tacka dig
How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
hur mår du
Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
godnatt
Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
god kväll
Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
god eftermiddag
Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
god morgon
Please
โปรด (Pord)
vänligen
Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
ledsen
Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
hej då
I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
jag älskar dig
Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
ursäkta mig
Dialect 1
Isan
Dialects
Where They Speak
Isan
Gabon
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.0078,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Thai
Dialects
Where They Speak
Northern Thailand
Georgia
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.0078,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Southern Thai
Dialects
Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
France
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.0096,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
979
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
60.00 million15.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.85 %0.13 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
20.00 million8.70 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
40.00 million5.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ภาษาไทย
Svenska
Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
Ruotsi, Svenska
French Name
thaï
suédois
German Name
Thailändisch
Schwedisch
Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
Swedes, Finland Swedes
Origin
1283 CE
13th Century
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tai
Germanic
Branch
-
Northern (Scandinavian)
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Thai
Old Swedish
Standard Forms
Thai
Standard Swedish
Language Position
4789
1
120
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Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
th
sv
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tha
swe
ISO 639 2/B
tha
swe
ISO 639 3
tha
swe
ISO 639 6
tha
swe
Glottocode
thai1261
swed1254
Linguasphere
47-AAA-b
52-AAA-ck to -cw
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
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