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Afrikaans and Thai


Thai and Afrikaans


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
Thailand   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

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

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

Alphabets
32   
14
44   
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15   
12
32   
21

How Many Consonants
17   
7
44   
33

Scripts
Latin   
Thai   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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)   

Dialects

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

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
9   
9

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.85 %   
23

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   

History

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   
47   
34

Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)   
Thai Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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All Afrikaans 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 Afrikaans and Thai dialects. Various dialects of Afrikaans and Thai language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Afrikaans are spoken in different Afrikaans Speaking Countries whereas Thai Dialects are spoken in different Thai speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Afrikaans vs Thai Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans, Oranjeriverafrikaans. Thai dialects include: Isan , Northern Thai. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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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.

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