Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
  
Thailand
  
National Language
China, Guangdong
  
Thailand
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Hawaii
  
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
  
Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
  
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
  
Interesting Facts
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
  
- 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
Not Available
  
Khmer Language
  
Alphabets in
Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Thai-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
  
Thai
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
您好
  
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
Thank You
谢谢
  
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
  
How Are You?
你好吗?
  
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
  
Good Night
晚安
  
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
  
Good Evening
晚上好
  
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
Good Afternoon
下午好
  
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
  
Good Morning
早上好
  
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
  
Please
请
  
โปรด (Pord)
  
Sorry
遗憾
  
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
Bye
再见
  
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
  
I Love You
我爱你
  
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
  
Excuse Me
原谅我
  
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
Dialect 1
Guangzhou
  
Isan
  
Where They Speak
outside mainland China
  
Isan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
20,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 2
Xiguan
  
Northern Thai
  
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
  
Northern Thailand
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
6,000,000.00
  
13
Dialect 3
Hong Kong
  
Southern Thai
  
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
  
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
4,500,000.00
  
8
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
60.00 million
  
27
Native Speakers
52.00 million
  
21
20.00 million
  
37
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
40.00 million
  
15
Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa
  
ภาษาไทย
  
Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
  
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
  
French Name
Not Available
  
thaï
  
German Name
Not Available
  
Thailändisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
  
Origin
17th century
  
1283 CE
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Tai
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Thai
  
Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese
  
Thai
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Thai Sign Language
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
th
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
Not Available
  
tha
  
ISO 639 2/B
Not Available
  
tha
  
ISO 639 3
No data available
  
tha
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
cant1236
  
thai1261
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
47-AAA-b
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Analytic, Isolating
  
Cantonese and Thai 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 Cantonese and Thai greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Cantonese and Thai language. Cantonese word for "Hello" is 您好 or Thai word for "Thank You" is ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ). Find more of such common Cantonese Greetings and Thai Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Cantonese vs Thai Difficulty
The Cantonese vs Thai difficulty level basically depends on the number of Cantonese Alphabets and Thai 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 Cantonese and Thai are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Cantonese and Thai, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Cantonese is 88 weeks while to learn Thai time required is 44 weeks.