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Thai vs Welsh


Welsh vs Thai


Countries

Countries
Thailand   
Wales   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Thailand   
Wales   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Europe   

Minority Language
Burma, Cambodia, Laos   
Argentina, United Kingdom   

Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)   
Welsh Language Commissioner   

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 Celtic language still spoken with great numbers of speakers is Welsh language.
  • Welsh was evolved from British , which was spoken by ancient Britons.
  

Similar To
Lao Language   
English Language   

Derived From
Khmer Language   
British Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44   
24
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
32   
21
7   
4

How Many Consonants
44   
33
21   
11

Scripts
Thai   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)   
Helô   

Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)   
Diolch   

How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)   
Sut ydych chi?   

Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)   
Nos da   

Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)   
Noswaith dda   

Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)   
P'nawn da   

Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)   
Bore da   

Please
โปรด (Pord)   
os gwelwch yn dda   

Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)   
Mae'n ddrwg gennym   

Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)   
Hwyl   

I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)   
Dw i'n dy garu di   

Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)   
Esgusodwch fi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Isan   
Patagonian Welsh   

Where They Speak
Isan   
Argentina   

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00   
10
38,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Northern Thai   
Y Wyndodeg   

Where They Speak
Northern Thailand   
Gwynedd   

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00   
13
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Southern Thai   
Y Bowyseg   

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

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00   
8
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
9   
9
8   
8

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.85 %   
23
Not Available   

Native Speakers
20.00 million   
37
7.40 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
40.00 million   
15
Not Available   

Native Name
ภาษาไทย   
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg   

Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang   
Cymraeg   

French Name
thaï   
gallois   

German Name
Thailändisch   
Kymrisch   

Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]   
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]   

Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese   
Welsh people   

History

Origin
1283 CE   
9th Century   

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Tai   
Celtic   

Branch
Not Available   
Brythonic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Thai   
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh   

Standard Forms
Thai   
Welsh   

Language Position
47   
34
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
th   
cy   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tha   
cym   

ISO 639 2/B
tha   
wel   

ISO 639 3
tha   
cym   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
thai1261   
wels1247   

Linguasphere
47-AAA-b   
50-ABA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Historical   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Fusional   

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Thai and Welsh Language History

Comparison of Thai vs Welsh language history gives us differences between origin of Thai and Welsh language. History of Thai language states that this language originated in 1283 CE whereas history of Welsh language states that this language originated in 9th 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 Welsh Language History.

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

Thai vs Welsh Difficulty

The Thai vs Welsh difficulty level basically depends on the number of Thai Alphabets and Welsh 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 Welsh are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Thai and Welsh, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Thai is 44 weeks while to learn Welsh time required is 30 weeks.

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