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Thai vs Swedish


Swedish vs Thai


Countries

Countries
Thailand  
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

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

Alphabets in
Thai-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
44  
24
29  
11

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
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Isan  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
Isan  
Gabon  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
29
78,000,000.00  
9

Dialect 2
Northern Thai  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
Northern Thailand  
Georgia  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
78,000,000.00  
7

Dialect 3
Southern Thai  
Dialects  

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

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
39
96,000,000.00  
5

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
79  
33

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.85 %  
24
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
20.00 million  
37
8.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
40.00 million  
21
5.00 million  
99+

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  

History

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
47  
99+
89  
99+

Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language  
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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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Thai and Swedish Language History

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

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

Thai vs Swedish Difficulty

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

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