Countries
South Africa
  
Thailand
  
National Language
South Africa
  
Thailand
  
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
  
Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
  
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
  
Interesting Facts
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
  
- 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
Dutch Language
  
Lao Language
  
Derived From
Dutch Language
  
Khmer Language
  
Alphabets in
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Thai-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Thai
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
hallo
  
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
Thank You
Dankie
  
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
  
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
  
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
  
Good Night
goeie nag
  
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
  
Good Evening
Goeienaand
  
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
  
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
  
Good Morning
goeie more
  
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
  
Please
asseblief
  
โปรด (Pord)
  
Sorry
jammer
  
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
Bye
Not Available
  
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
  
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
  
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
  
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
  
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
  
Isan
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Isan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
20,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
  
Northern Thai
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Northern Thailand
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
6,000,000.00
  
13
Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
  
Southern Thai
  
Where They Speak
Namibia
  
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
4,500,000.00
  
8
How Many People Speak?
19.00 million
  
99+
60.00 million
  
27
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.10 million
  
99+
20.00 million
  
37
Second Language Speakers
10.30 million
  
22
40.00 million
  
15
Native Name
Afrikaans
  
ภาษาไทย
  
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
  
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
  
French Name
afrikaans
  
thaï
  
German Name
Afrikaans
  
Thailändisch
  
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
  
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
  
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
  
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
  
Origin
17th Century
  
1283 CE
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Subgroup
Germanic
  
Tai
  
Branch
Western
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
  
Old Thai
  
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
  
Thai
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
  
Thai Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
af
  
th
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
afr
  
tha
  
ISO 639 2/B
afr
  
tha
  
ISO 639 3
afr
  
tha
  
ISO 639 6
afrs
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
afri1274
  
thai1261
  
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
  
47-AAA-b
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
  
Analytic, Isolating
  
Afrikaans and Thai Speaking population
Afrikaans and Thai speaking population is one of the factors based on which Afrikaans and Thai languages can be compared. The total count of Afrikaans and Thai Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is Not Available 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 Afrikaans and Thai on Afrikaans vs Thai where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Afrikaans and Thai Language Codes
Afrikaans and Thai language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Afrikaans and Thai Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.