Countries
Vietnam
Thailand
National Language
Vietnam
Thailand
Second Language
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Czech Republic
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
Regulated By
Not Available
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
Interesting Facts
- The vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
- The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.
- 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.
Similar To
Chinese Language
Lao Language
Derived From
Chinese Language
Khmer Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Xin chào
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
Thank You
Cam on
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
How Are You?
Bạn khỏe không?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
Good Night
Chúc ngủ ngon
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
Good Evening
Chào buổi tối
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
Good Afternoon
Chào buổi trưa
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
Good Morning
Chào buổi sáng
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
Please
xin vui lòng
โปรด (Pord)
Sorry
Xin lỗi
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
Bye
Tạm biệt
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
I Love You
tôi yêu bạn
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
Excuse Me
Xin loi
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese
Isan
Where They Speak
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
Isan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese
Northern Thai
Where They Speak
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
Northern Thailand
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese
Southern Thai
Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
tiếng việt (㗂越)
ภาษาไทย
Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
French Name
vietnamien
thaï
German Name
Vietnamesisch
Thailändisch
Pronunciation
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern)
[tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
Ethnicity
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Tai
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese
Old Thai
Standard Forms
Standard Vietnamese
Thai
Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages
Thai Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
viet1252
thai1261
Linguasphere
46-EBA
47-AAA-b
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Analytic, Isolating
All Vietnamese and Thai Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Vietnamese and Thai dialects. Various dialects of Vietnamese and Thai language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Vietnamese are spoken in different Vietnamese Speaking Countries whereas Thai Dialects are spoken in different Thai speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Vietnamese vs Thai Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Vietnamese dialects include: Northern Vietnamese, North-central Vietnamese. Thai dialects include: Isan , Northern Thai. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Vietnamese and Thai Speaking population
Vietnamese and Thai speaking population is one of the factors based on which Vietnamese and Thai languages can be compared. The total count of Vietnamese and Thai Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Vietnamese language is 1.14 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Thai language is 0.85 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Vietnamese and Thai on Vietnamese vs Thai where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Vietnamese and Thai Language Codes
Vietnamese and Thai language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Vietnamese and Thai Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.