Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
Thailand
National Language
China, Taiwan
Thailand
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
Interesting Facts
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
- 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
Not Available
Lao Language
Derived From
Not Available
Khmer Language
Alphabets in
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Thai-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Thai
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
How Are You?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
Please
请 (Qǐng)
โปรด (Pord)
Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Isan
Dialect 2
Wu
Northern Thai
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
Northern Thailand
Dialect 3
Yue
Southern Thai
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
ภาษาไทย
Alternative Names
Not Available
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
German Name
Chinesisch
Thailändisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
Ethnicity
Han
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Tai
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Thai
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
Thai
Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Thai Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sini1245
thai1261
Linguasphere
79-AAA
47-AAA-b
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Analytic, Isolating
All Chinese 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 Chinese and Thai dialects. Various dialects of Chinese and Thai language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Chinese are spoken in different Chinese Speaking Countries whereas Thai Dialects are spoken in different Thai speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Chinese vs Thai Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Chinese dialects include: Mandarin, Wu. Thai dialects include: Isan , Northern Thai. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Chinese and Thai Speaking population
Chinese and Thai speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chinese and Thai languages can be compared. The total count of Chinese and Thai Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 % 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 Chinese and Thai on Chinese vs Thai where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Chinese and Thai Language Codes
Chinese and Thai language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Chinese and Thai Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.